Ali Haider vs State Ss — 2026 YLR 102 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2026 YLR 102 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Ali Haider vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 161

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Judgment text as reported

Ali Haider VS State Ss. 302(b), 201 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offender, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Material witnesses not produced---Accused were charged for committing murder of the daughter of complainant---Prosecution failed to produce husband of deceased as a witness, despite his statement under S.161, Cr.P.C., being recorded on 19.05.2021, after the registration of the FIR---In that statement, the complainant accused the appellants of murdering his daughter due to family conflicts---However, it was significant that husband of deceased, in his S.161 Cr.P.C. statement recorded the day after the FIR was registered, did not claim that his wife had been murdered or that the appellants were responsible for her death---Record also contained the statements under S.161, Cr.P.C., of wife of accused and wife of brother of accused, who stated that they had informed husband of deceased about death of his wife---Strangely, the prosecution failed to present those two female witnesses, despite their presence at the house where the incident took place---Absence of said witnesses created a missing link in the chain of circumstances necessary to connect the appellants to the alleged offense---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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