Ghulam Rasool Khan vs Khalid Elahi Ss — 2026 MLD 383 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2026 MLD 383 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: MLD
Parties: Ghulam Rasool Khan vs Khalid Elahi Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 161; Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)

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Judgment text as reported

Ghulam Rasool Khan VS Khalid Elahi Ss. 436 & 506---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 417 & 249-A---Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy a house or valuable property, criminal intimidation---Appreciation of evidence---Appeal against acquittal---Accused-respondent was charged for setting the complainant's house on fire---Complainant alleged that the accused set his house on fire during the night and fled away from the scene---However, when the witnesses recorded their statements under S.161, Cr.P.C., they stated that the incident occurred in the morning and that Rescue 1122 was called to extinguish the fire---One striking aspect of the case was that, despite the alleged occurrence of a house fire at night, not a single person from the locality noticed or reported the glaze which rendered the prosecutions story inherently doubtful---Furthermore, there was clear contradiction between the version of complainant and the report submitted by Rescue 1122---Rescue 1122 report attributed the cause of the fire to a short-circuit in the air conditioner and assessed the loss, as per the owner's own statement, at Rs. 300,000/=---Conversely, when the complainant lodged the FIR after an unexplained delay of nearly two months, he deviated from his earlier version and alleged that the fire had been intentionally caused by the accused, claiming a loss of Rs. 965,000/---Such inconsistencies and the delayed lodging of the FIR strongly suggested that the complainant concocted a belated story with the ulterior motive of falsely implicating the accused---Where no probability of conviction exists, continuation of trial is unjustified---Appeal against acquittal was dismissed in limine.

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