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Arbaz Ali vs State S — 2026 PCrLJ 120 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation
2026 PCrLJ 120 ISLAMABAD
Court
Islamabad High Court
Year
2026
Reporter
PCRLJ
Parties
Arbaz Ali vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 295-B---Q

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Judgment text as reported

Arbaz Ali VS State S. 295-B---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 129(g)---Willfully defiling, damaging, or desecrating a copy of the Holy Quran---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Case property not presented as evidence---Effect---Accused was charged for tearing the pages of Holy Quran and using derogatory words about it---Record showed that primary evidence i.e. Holy Quran from which pages were torn allegedly by the appellant, was not taken into possession by the Investigating Officer; such damaging defect demolished the entire superstructure of the case---Necessary incriminating articles, which requires proper identification, must be exhibited as case property during the trial---Failure to do so attracted the presumption under Art. 129(g) of the Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984, which implied that such material had gone against the prosecution or that no such material existed at all---No doubt that if the case property was not produced in Court, the concerned authority/ prosecution was required to furnish plausible explanation based upon concrete material and not mere lame excuses, which was not the case in hand---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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