Muhammad Afzal vs State S — 2025 YLR 941 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2025 YLR 941 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Muhammad Afzal vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 302

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Judgment text as reported

Muhammad Afzal VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Contradictions in the statements of eyewitnesses---Consequential---Accused was charged for committing murder of the sister of complainant by cutting her throat with sharp edged sickle---Record showed that there were material contradictions in the statements of eye-witnesses---Complainant stated that the deceased had six children and he saw two or three sons of the deceased in the house of occurrence whereas remaining two children of the deceased were playing in the street at the relevant time and they remained in the street---On the other hand, eyewitness had stated that only younger son of the deceased aged about three years was sitting inside the house whereas the remaining five children of the deceased were not in the house at the time of occurrence---Likewise, complainant stated that the appellant was arrested on the next day of occurrence whereas eyewitness stated that the appellant was arrested on the day of occurrence within two or three hours of the occurrence---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against the appellant beyond the shadow of doubt---Appeal against conviction was allowed accordingly.

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