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Saeed akhtar vs State Ss — 2026 PCrLJ 105 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2026 PCrLJ 105 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2026
Reporter
PCRLJ
Parties
Saeed akhtar vs State Ss
Subject matter
Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Saeed akhtar VS State Ss. 302(b) & 109---Qatl-i-amd, abetment---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Medical evidence contradicting ocular account---Accused was charged for committing murder of the husband of complainant by firing---Medical evidence produced by the prosecution, according to which on 06.11.2021 at 08:30 p.m. Medical Officer conducted autopsy on the dead body of deceased and noted "Injury No. l: multiple small penetrating wound (more than 50 in numbers) measuring almost 1 mm x 1 mm, involving front of neck, front of chest and right shoulder, up to xiphisternum, blackening present on all wounds"---Some pellets were retrieved and sent to Forensic Science Agency for Ballistic Expert opinion---According to scaled site plan, inter-se distance between Point-1 (where deceased was standing at the time of occurrence) and Point-2 (from where appellant made fire shot upon the deceased) was 2-karams i.e. 10/11 feet---With such a distance between the victim and the assailant, there was no probability that the fire would have left the blackening around the wounds---Medical Officer further stated that probable time that elapsed between injury and death was one hour while between death and post mortem was 5 to 7 hours---Time of death and post mortem given by Medical Officer did not coincide with the time of occurrence given in FIR---Such conflict between the medical and the ocular account also belied the presence of prosecution witnesses at the site---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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