Mst. Fateh Khatoon vs Muhammad Qasim Ss — 2026 YLR 909 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2026 YLR 909 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Mst. Fateh Khatoon vs Muhammad Qasim Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Mst. Fateh Khatoon VS Muhammad Qasim Ss. 302(b), 201, 342, 337-H(2), 506(2), 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen defenders, wrongful confinement, hurt by rash or negligent act, criminal intimidation, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Ocular account not proved---Effect on recovery---Conviction---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the nephew of the complainant by firing---Insofar as the recovery of the pistol and the positive report of the Forensic Science Laboratory wereconcerned, it was significant to note that once the direct prosecution evidence had been disbelieved, the conviction and sentence of the accused could not be maintained merely on the basis of such recovery and the corresponding Forensic Science LaboratoryReport---Without delving into the merits or demerits of those pieces of evidence, recovery alone, even if proven, could not form the sole basis for conviction when the primary ocular account stood discredited---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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