ZAHIR ABBAS vs STATE Ss — 2026 YLR 978 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2026 YLR 978 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court: Peshawar High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: YLR
Parties: ZAHIR ABBAS vs STATE Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

ZAHIR ABBAS VS STATE Ss. 302(b), 354, 452 & 506---Qatl-i-amd, house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint, assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty, criminal intimidation---Appreciation of evidence---Absconsion of the accused---Accused was charged for committing murder of the sister of complainant by firing---Appellant remained absconder for sufficient long time till his arrest on 20.11.2019---Appellant failed to explain that why he did not surrender to the law enforcement agency, soon after the incident---True that abscondence alone would hardly be circumstance for the conviction of an accused, but when the prosecution succeeded in establishing its case and when the witnesses confirmed their trustfulness, then abscondence as a circumstance could be taken into consideration---As the witnesses remained firm and consistent, so the unexplained abscondence was a circumstance which was to be read in favour of the prosecution---Appeal against conviction was dismissed, in circumstances.

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