FAZAL MEHMOOD vs STATE — 2026 SCMR 350 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2026 SCMR 350 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2026
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: FAZAL MEHMOOD vs STATE
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 302

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Judgment text as reported

FAZAL MEHMOOD VS STATE. S.302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Re-appraisal of evidence---Recovery of bloodstained knife from petitioner's bed underneath his pillow---Inconsequential. The petitioner was prosecuted for committing the murder of the deceased by striking a cemented block upon his head. During investigation a bloodstained knife was allegedly recovered from underneath the petitioner's pillow. The knife was sent for chemical examination which confirmed the presence of human blood. The Supreme Court observed that the medical evidence disclosed no injury whatsoever attributable to a knife or any sharp-edged weapon. The postmortem examination established only injuries caused by a heavy object falling upon the skull, namely the cement block. The alleged recovery of the knife therefore had no nexus with the prosecution case and instead created an additional circumstance casting doubt upon the prosecution story. The Court held that such recovery was wholly inconsequential and further strengthened the doubts already existing in the prosecution evidence. The petition was converted into an appeal, the appeal was allowed and the petitioner was acquitted.

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