Muhammad Dilawar vs State Ss — 2026 PCrLJ 824 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2026 PCrLJ 824 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: Muhammad Dilawar vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Muhammad Dilawar VS State Ss. 302(b), 201 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offenders, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Identification of the dead body of deceased not established---Accused were charged for committing murder of the brother of complainant---Dead body of the deceased was recovered by the police on 03.11.2019 and on the same day it's post mortem was conducted---Complainant and the witness came to know about the death of the deceased on 16.11.2019, when they visited the police station and identified deceased through photographs available in police record---Thereafter on the same day, the complainant got written the complaint on the basis of which FIR was registered---Admittedly, the dead body of the deceased was buried under the supervision of the police---Further no effort was made by the prosecution for identification of the dead body in any manner whatsoever---Whole story of the complainant and the witness was hearsay and no solid and concrete evidence had been brought on the record regarding identification of the dead body whether it was that of deceased or someone else to connect the appellants with the commission of offence---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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