Zahida Bibi alias Babi vs State Ss — 2026 YLR 386 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2026 YLR 386 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Zahida Bibi alias Babi vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Zahida Bibi alias Babi VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Eye-witness account not proved---Accused was charged that she along with her co-accused persons committed murder of the niece of complainant---Admittedly, complainant and a witness were not the eye-witnesses of the occurrence---Accused persons informed the complainant and witness about the occurrence whereupon they reached the spot and reported the matter to the police---Said witnesses did not see the appellant and his co-accused while committing the murder of deceased---Furthermore, the role played by the appellant and her co-accused in the incident in issue had not been mentioned in the FIR---Prosecution case was mainly based upon the testimony of daughter of deceased---Claim of said witness was that on the fateful night she perceived the shrieks of her mother and saw that co-accused was tying her mother with a rope; that appellant poured petrol on her mother and thereafter she set her mother into fire---Name of said witness was not mentioned in the FIR---It was not mentioned in the FIR that the said witness was present at the time of incident---Said witness was introduced in this case at some subsequent stage in order to strengthen the prosecution case against the appellant and her co-accused---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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