Malik Muhammad Imran vs State Ss — 2026 YLR 231 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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Malik Muhammad Imran VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 452, 429, 337-a(iii), 337-F(iii), 337-F(v), 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint, mischief by killing or maiming cattle of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees, shajjah-i-hashimah, ghayr-jaifah-mutalahimah, causing shajjah-i-khafifah, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Statements of injured witnesses---Scope---accused were charged that they made firing upon the complainant party, due to which one person died and five persons sustained firearm injuries---Story of homicide incident was narrated by complainant and injured persons---Out of these witnesses, the former four witnesses claimed to have endured firearm injuries on different parts of their bodies and the foregoing fact was described by the prosecution as affirmative proof of their truthful depositions---acknowledged that the receipt of grievous hurt by an eye-witness in the murder incident though was a factor which reflected positively an assumption of his presence at the spot but it was not a conclusive proof about the truth of his deposition---For handing down guilty verdict to an accused in such incident, the testimony of an injured eye-witness was still required to be tested on the touchstone of the principles laid down for the appraisal of evidence---Injured witness of murder incident seldom tells lie might be true in a case of single accused but was an overstatement when the number of assailants was more than one---However, it would wholly be unjust to raise the superstructure of conviction on the deposition of injured witness, without subjecting it to strict test of scrutiny for adjudging his credibility---appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

Malik Muhammad Imran vs State Ss — 2026 YLR 231 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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