UMER DRAZ vs State — 2026 SCMR 1185 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2026 SCMR 1185 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2026
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: UMER DRAZ vs State
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

UMER DRAZ VS State. Ss. 302(b), 452, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Reappraisal of evidence---Unnatural conduct of complainant---Accused-appellant was charged that he along with his co-accused committed murder of the deceased by inflicting hatchet blows---Conduct of the complainant himself raised serious doubts about his presence at the spot---Complainant was the real father of the deceased and alleged that six armed accused entered his house, forcibly dragged his son outside and inflicted fatal injuries to him, but throughout the occurrence, the complainant made no effort to intervene, confront the assailants or rescue his son---Complainant did not sustain any injury, nor there was any evidence of struggle or resistance on his part---Said fact was contrary to natural human conduct and beyond ordinary human experience that a father would silently watch the brutal murder of his son without making any attempt to protect him---Father's instinctive reaction would have been to intervene, even at the risk of his own life---Complainant's passivity and inaction, in the face of such a grave assault on his son, were wholly unnatural and inconsistent with human behavior, which rendered the presence of the complainant at the spot highly doubtful---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against the appellant---Appeal against conviction was allowed, accordingly.

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