USMAN vs STATE Ss — 2026 YLR 796 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2026 YLR 796 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court: Peshawar High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: YLR
Parties: USMAN vs STATE Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 15---Q; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arms Act (XXIII of 2013)

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Judgment text as reported

USMAN VS STATE Ss. 302(b) & 34---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arms Act (XXIII of 2013), S.15---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, possession of illicit weapon---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Motive not proved---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused committed murder of the son of complainant by firing---Prosecution alleged motive to be a dispute between the accused and the deceased over a joint grocery business, however, it did not succeed in establishing the alleged motive and even no independent witness was produced in that respect---Prosecution in all circumstances was to prove the same---When the prosecution did not succeed in establishing the motive, then it was for the prosecution to suffer---Circumstances established that the prosecution had miserably failed to prove the case against the appellant---Appeal against conviction was allowed, accordingly.

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