Muhammad Irfan alias Pomi vs State Ss — 2026 PCrLJ 201 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2026 PCrLJ 201 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: Muhammad Irfan alias Pomi vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Muhammad Irfan alias Pomi VS State Ss. 302(b), 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Related witnesses, evidence of---Reliance---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused persons committed murder of the brother of complainant by firing---Much emphasis had been laid by defence that complainant and eye-witness were closely related to the deceased and for the said reason, their evidence was not reliable---In this regard, mere relationship of eye-witnesses with the deceased by itself was no ground to disbelieve their evidence---Even otherwise, evidence of said witnesses was trustworthy and confidence inspiring which could not be discarded merely on the basis of their relationship with the deceased especially when they had no animosity with the appellant---Similarly, due to close and blood relation of eye-witnesses with deceased, said witnesses were in fact not likely to let off the actual perpetrator of the offence by falsely implicating the appellant, against whom they admittedly had no previous malice, ill-will, animosity or grudge---Moreover, substitution of real culprits especially in cases where the eye-witnesses lost their kith and kin before their own eyes was a rare phenomenon---Circumstances established that the prosecution proved its case beyond any shadow of doubt, however, due to some mitigating circumstances, death sentence was altered to imprisonment for life---With said modification in sentence, appeal against conviction was dismissed, in circumstances.

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