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---Motive not proved---Accused were charged for committing murder of two persons of the complainant party by firing---Motive of the occurrence as stated by eye-witnesses was that one of the deceased used to help the complainant party of case FIR No.324 of 2014 with regard to the qatl-i-amd of the brother of given up witness and as the appellant was an accused in the said case, therefore, the occurrence took place---Throughout the course of the trial, the fact which was admitted by both the eye-witnesses was that neither said deceased was related to the deceased brother of given up witness nor said deceased was a witness in case FIR No.324 of 2014 with regard to the qatl-i-amd of the brother of given up witness---More significantly, it was also admitted by the eye-witnesses that the other deceased had no relationship with the deceased brother of given up witness---Had the motive of occurrence been as was stated by the witnesses then the given up witness would have been the prime target, however, he was not targeted at all, clearly proving the fact that the motive as stated by the witnesses was not the motivation of the assailants---Prosecution witnesses failed to provide evidence to determine the truthfulness of the motive alleged---Said witnesses failed to prove the fact that the said motive was so compelling that it could have led the appellant to have committed the qatl-i-amd of the deceased---No independent witness was produced by the prosecution to prove the motive as alleged---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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

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