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
Provisions referred to: S. 164---Q; S. 164; Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)

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Judgment text as reported

Muhammad Dilawar VS State Ss. 302(b), 201 & 34---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---Qatl-i-amd, causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offender, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Confessional statement of accused---Contradictions---Accused were charged for committing murder of the brother of complainant---One of the accused persons "H" got recorded her confessional statement before the Judicial Magistrate---Appellant "H" in her statement recorded under S.164, Cr.P.C. stated that the occurrence took place in the cricket ground which did not fall anywhere in the surroundings of the place of occurrence---Furthermore, in the postmortem report, there was no evidence of any firearm injury on the head of the deceased which negated the version of the appellant of firearm injury caused to the deceased with a pistol by appellant "D"---In such state of affairs, the alleged judicial confessional statement purported to be of the appellant "H" besides being involuntary, untrue and unbelievable, had also not been recorded in accordance with the law and was not supported by any independent piece of evidence put forth by the prosecution, thus was of no help to the prosecution, which deserved to be excluded from consideration---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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