SHAHZAD LIAQAT vs State — 2026 SCMR 466 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2026 SCMR 466 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2026
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: SHAHZAD LIAQAT vs State
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: Pakistan Penal Code

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Judgment text as reported

SHAHZAD LIAQAT VS State. Section 302(b), Pakistan Penal Code, 1860---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Mitigating circumstances---Sentence, reduction in---Scope. Accused-appellant was charged for committing murder of son of complainant by firing. Trial Court convicted accused and sentenced him to death. High Court converted death sentence into imprisonment for life. Held: Prosecution had failed to establish the motive. Forensic Science Laboratory Report regarding .30 bore pistol and crime empties could not be relied upon because empties and weapon were transmitted together, which omission rendered such forensic evidence inconsequential. High Court, while treating non-proof of motive and recovery as inconsequential evidence, considered the same as mitigating circumstances and converted death sentence of appellant into imprisonment for life. Circumstances established that prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt; however, due to peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, the case of appellant-convict squarely fell within ambit of Exception 4 to the erstwhile Section 300, P.P.C. For the said reasons, imprisonment for life was reduced to twenty years imprisonment. Appeal was partly allowed.

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