Ejaz Ahmed vs State Ss — 2025 YLR 451 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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Ejaz Ahmed VS State Ss. 302(b), 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Contradictions in the statements of eye-witnesses---Accused were charged for committing murder of two persons of the complainant party by firing---Perusal of the statements of the eye-witnesses revealed that they made contradictory statements with regard to the writing and the submission of written application---According to one of the eye-witnesses, he himself never even submitted the written application at the Police Station rather the said written application was taken to the Police Station by his nephew, who himself was a Police Officer---Contradicting the statement of said witness that he had sent the written application to the Police Station through his nephew, other eye-witness stated that eye-witness had submitted the written application at the police station himself---Reply of eye-witness that the written application was submitted to the Police Station after the shifting of the dead bodies to the hospital also proved that the said written application was submitted after the Investigating Officer of the case had already visited the place of occurrence and had also conducted a detailed inquiry---According to one of the eye-witnesses, he had named as many as eight accused in his written application, however, all the said accused persons were found to have been falsely involved during the course of investigation---Scrutiny of the statements of the said witnesses revealed that the written application as submitted by one of the eye-witnesses was neither prompt nor spontaneous nor natural, rather was a contrived, manufactured and a compromised document---No corroboration of the prosecution evidence could be made from the written application as submitted by one of the eye-witnesses---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

Ejaz Ahmed vs State Ss — 2025 YLR 451 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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