Zaeem Imran vs State S — 2026 PCrLJ 796 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2026 PCrLJ 796 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: Zaeem Imran vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 295-B---W

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Judgment text as reported

Zaeem Imran VS State S. 295-B---Willfully defiling, damaging, or desecrating a copy of the Holy Quran---Appreciation of evidence---Improvements made in the evidence of complainant---Accused was charged for setting the Holy Quran on fire---Record showed that there were certain improvements in the evidence of complainant---In her evidence while narrating the incident complainant had stated that appellant initially tried to burn Holy Quran with a gas lighter, then sprinkled perfume and set it alight, thereafter he broke her mobile phone and left the house---First Information Report did not show that appellant tried to burn Holy Quran with a gas lighter initially and thereafter he sprinkled perfume on it or that after the incident, he had left the house after breaking mobile phone of the complainant---Strange that complainant did not inform the police immediately after the incident when according to her own version, the accused had left the house---In the given facts delay in narrating such incident by the complainant caused suspicion over veracity of the story---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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