RASHEED AHMAD alias SHEEDA vs State — 2026 SCMR 798 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2026 SCMR 798 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2026
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: RASHEED AHMAD alias SHEEDA vs State
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 302

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Judgment text as reported

RASHEED AHMAD alias SHEEDA VS State. S.302(b)---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art.129(g)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Withholding material witnesses from giving evidence---Adverse presumption. Accused-petitioner was charged for committing murder of wife of his brother/daughter of complainant by firing. Record showed that neither husband of deceased nor any child out of the four children of deceased had appeared in the witness box to support the prosecution case. Husband of deceased and children of deceased were natural eye-witnesses of the occurrence but none appeared before the Court. The prosecution withheld the best evidence; therefore, an adverse inference under Article 129(g) of the Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984 could validly be drawn against the prosecution. Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. Petition was converted into an appeal and was allowed, in circumstances, and the accused was acquitted of the charge.

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