MANZOOR AHMED vs STATE — 2026 SCMR 621 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2026 SCMR 621 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2026
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: MANZOOR AHMED vs STATE
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

MANZOOR AHMED VS STATE. Ss. 302(b), 377 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, sodomy, common intention---Re-appraisal of evidence---Delay of 47 hours in lodging FIR---Consequential. Accused was charged for committing sodomy with the son of complainant and then murdering him. Record showed that there was an established delay of approximately 47 hours in registering the FIR. In the time that had elapsed, the postmortem examination of the deceased took place, the police conducted a preliminary inquiry at the place of occurrence, recovering articles and preparing the corresponding memos, the deceased's funeral and burial took place, the complainant met with relatives extending their condolences and yet still the FIR was not lodged. Record also confirmed that the complainant and prosecution had nowhere sought to explain the delay or even provided a reasonable justification for the belated registration of the FIR. In fact, the Investigating Officer stated categorically that during the spot inspection at 3:00 a.m. on 25.11.2011, barely 1½ hours after the complainant had turned back from the way to H-(Hyderabad), he told to complainant to lodge the FIR, but he said that after funeral ceremony, he would lodge the FIR. Although there was no cavil to the proposition that a delay in registering the FIR was not per se fatal to the prosecution case, the same must be explained to grant the belated FIR some sanctity of truth. Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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