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2022 PCrLJ 59 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASIF ALI USAMA VS State S. 94---Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), S. 9(c)---Recovery of narcotic substance---Document, summoning of---Accused during cross examination sought summoning of Call Data Record of cellular…
2022 PCrLJ 59 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASIF ALI USAMA VS State S. 94---Summoning of record or a thing---Pre-condition---Word "whenever"---Scope---Only precondition to invoke provision of S. 94, Cr.P.C. is that Court is to be satisfied that production of document or thin…
2022 PCrLJ 83 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABID HUSSAIN VS State S. 561-a---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 199---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 279, 427 & 337-G---Constitutional petition---Order for change of investigation, quashing od---allegations contained in the FIR were that the…
2022 PCrLJ 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NASIR ABBAS VS State Ss. 302, 324, 34, 337-F(i), 337-F(v) & 440---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention, shajjah-i-khafifah, ghayr-jaifah, mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt---Appreciati…
2022 PCrLJ 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NASIR ABBAS VS State Ss. 302, 324, 34, 337-F(i), 337-F(v) & 440---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention, shajjah-i-khafifah, ghayr-jaifah,mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt---Appreciatio…
2022 PCrLJ 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NASIR ABBAS VS State Ss. 302, 324, 34, 337-F(i), 337-F(v) & 440---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention, shajjah-i-khafifah, ghayr-jaifah,mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt---Appreciatio…
2022 PCrLJ 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NASIR ABBAS VS State Ss. 302, 324, 34, 337-F(1), 337-F(5) & 440---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention, shajjah-i-khafifah, ghayr-jaifah, mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt---Appreciati…
2022 PCrLJ 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NASIR ABBAS VS State Ss. 302, 324, 34, 337-F(i), 337-F(v) & 440---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention, shajjah-i-khafifah, ghayr-jaifah, mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt---Appreciati…
2022 PCrLJ 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NASIR ABBAS VS State Ss. 302, 324, 34, 337-F(i), 337-F(v) & 440---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention, shajjah-i-khafifah, ghayr-jaifah, mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt---Appreciati…
2022 PCrLJ 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NASIR ABBAS VS State Ss. 302, 324, 34, 337-F(i), 337-F(v) & 440---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention, shajjah-i-khafifah, ghayr-jaifah, mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt---Appreciati…
2022 PCrLJ 109 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NASIR ABBAS VS State Ss. 302, 324, 34, 337-F(i), 337-F(v) & 440---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention, shajjah-i-khafifah, ghayr-jaifah, mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt---Appreciati…
2022 PCrLJ 126 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TAJ MUHAMMAD VS State S. 302(b)---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 46---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Dying declaration---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing-…
2022 PCrLJ 126 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TAJ MUHAMMAD VS State art. 46---Dying declaration---Principles---Whether the maker had the physical capacity to make the dying declaration---Whether the maker had opportunity to identify the assailant/assailants---Whether there was a chance…
2022 PCrLJ 126 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TAJ MUHAMMAD VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Motive was not proved---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Motive alleged was that the accuse…
2022 PCrLJ 126 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TAJ MUHAMMAD VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery of weapon of offence from the possession of accused---Reliance---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of complain…
2022 PCrLJ 126 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TAJ MUHAMMAD VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If there was a real and reasonable doubt as to guilt, the accused would be entitled to the benefit of doubt---Law required that the conviction should be certain and not doubtful.
2022 PCrLJ 126 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TAJ MUHAMMAD VS State art. 46---Dying declaration---Scope---Dying declaration is testimony that would normally be barred as hearsay but might be admitted as evidence in criminal trials because it constituted the last words of a dying person…
2022 PCrLJ 126 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TAJ MUHAMMAD VS State art. 46---Dying declaration---Scope---Dying declaration certainly is an important piece of evidence, which possesses the sanctity on the reason that a dying man is not expected to tell lie, however, said fact is not as…
2022 PCrLJ 126 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TAJ MUHAMMAD VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---First Information Report was lodged with promptitude---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Alt…
2022 PCrLJ 126 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TAJ MUHAMMAD VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Site plan---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Motive alleged was that the accused had borrow…
2022 PCrLJ 126 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TAJ MUHAMMAD VS State Witness---Improvements made by witness---Scope---No reliance could be made on the testimony of a witness who intentionally introduced improvements in his statement so as to cover the lacunas or to bring his testimony i…
2022 PCrLJ 151 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD SAJID alias SAJO VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 377A & 377B--- Sexual abuse against children--Delay in lodging FIR---Medical examination of victim---Proof of mala fides---Pre-arrest bail, refusal of---Accused sough…
2022 PCrLJ 170 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZUBAIR ANWAR VS State S. 498--- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 147, 149 & 337-L(2)---Murderous assault---Ad interim pre-arrest bail, confirmation of---No specific injury attributed---Probability of false implication---First Informa…
2022 PCrLJ 170 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZUBAIR ANWAR VS State S. 498---Pre-arrest bail---Scope---Concession of pre-arrest bail being an extra ordinary relief was to be granted to protect the innocent from victimization and humiliation of police through abuse of law for ulterior m…
2022 PCrLJ 170 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZUBAIR ANWAR VS State S. 498---Pre-arrest bail --- For a pre-arrest bail personal appearance of accused (before the Court) was mandatory.
2022 PCrLJ 170 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZUBAIR ANWAR VS State Ss. 497 & 498---Pre-arrest bail---Scope---If an accused person had a good case for post arrest bail then merely at the wish of complainant, he could not be sent behind bars for few days by dismissing his application fo…
2022 PCrLJ 195 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
USMAN SHAHID VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB S. 28-a---Penal Code (XLV of 1860) S. 188---Punjab Prevention and Control of Dengue (Temporary) Regulations, 2021, Reglns. 3, 15 & 5---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 199---Constitutional petition----Quas…
2022 PCrLJ 203 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHERAZ KHAN VS State S. 50---General Clauses Act (X of 1897), S. 26---Provision as to offences punishable under two or more enactments---Relation of the Act with other laws---Scope---Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016, deals only wit…
2022 PCrLJ 203 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHERAZ KHAN VS State Ss. 50 & 28---General Clauses Act (X of 1897), S. 26---Provision as to offences punishable under two or more enactments---Relation of the Act with other laws---Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860) to apply---Scope---…
2022 PCrLJ 203 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHERAZ KHAN VS State Ss. 27 & 36--- Legal recognition of offences committed in relation to information system---Dealing with seized data or information system---Scope---Sections 36(3)(b) & 36(3)(c) of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 20…
2022 PCrLJ 203 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHERAZ KHAN VS State Scope---White collar crime is "a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of their occupation"---Typical white-collar crimes could include wage theft, fraud, bribery, Ponzi sche…
2022 PCrLJ 203 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHERAZ KHAN VS State Ss. 27 & 30---Legal recognition of offences committed in relation to information system---Power to investigate---Scope---Section 30 of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016, mandates about Joint Investigation Team t…
2022 PCrLJ 203 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHERAZ KHAN VS State S. 50---General Clauses Act (X of 1897), S. 26---Provision as to offences punishable under two or more enactments---Relation of the Act with other laws---Trials to be conducted separately---Scope---Court constituted und…
2022 PCrLJ 203 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHERAZ KHAN VS State S. 50---General Clauses Act (X of 1897), S. 26---Provision as to offences punishable under two or more enactments---Relation of the Act with other laws---Scope---If an offence under other laws is committed by uploading…
2022 PCrLJ 203 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHERAZ KHAN VS State S. 235---Offence falling within two definitions---Scope---Section 235, Cr.P.C. deals with offences falling within two or more separate definitions of any law; the word "any law" does not mean different laws but by the s…
2022 PCrLJ 203 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHERAZ KHAN VS State Preamble, Ss. 27, 28, 30, 36, 44 & 50---Legal recognition of offences committed in relation to information system, Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of 1860) to apply, power to investigate, dealing with seized data or…
2022 PCrLJ 203 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHERAZ KHAN VS State S. 27---Legal recognition of offences committed in relation to information system---Scope---Section 27 of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016, provides that all offences under the Act or any other laws will be rec…
2022 PCrLJ 203 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHERAZ KHAN VS State Scope---Predicate crime or offence is a crime which is a component of a larger crime---Crimes are predicate to a larger crime if they have a similar purpose to the larger crime---For example, using false identification…
2022 PCrLJ 240 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALI ZAR VS State S. 367---Language of judgment---Contents of judgment---Scope---Judgment should be transparent like clean water so that people can understand it without any doubt and probabilities.
2022 PCrLJ 240 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALI ZAR VS State Ss. 367 & 424---Language of judgment---Contents of judgment---Features of a good judgment, detailed.
2022 PCrLJ 240 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ALI ZAR VS State S. 367---Language of judgment---Contents of judgment---Scope---Judgment is the decision of a Court regarding the rights and liabilities of the parties in a legal action or proceedings---Such is an official proclamation by a…
2022 PCrLJ 259 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ROHAN AHMAD VS State Ss. 344 & 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 295-B, 298-C, 120-B, 34 & 109---Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (XL of 2016), S. 11---Defiling of the Holy Qur'an, person of Quadiani group calling himself a Muslim prea…
2022 PCrLJ 259 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ROHAN AHMAD VS State S. 497---Expressions "appears" and "brought"---Scope---Expression "appears" means appears in response to a summon by Court and "brought" means brought from custody.
2022 PCrLJ 296 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAEED VS State art. 22---Identification parade---Object---accused not known previously---Effect---If complainant does not know accused prior to occurrence and not familiar to him, then how can he identify accused without holding identificat…
2022 PCrLJ 296 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAEED VS State art. 129(g)--- Withholding of evidence--- Criminal trial---Presumption--- If any party withholds the best piece of evidence, it can be presumed that such party has some sinister motive behind it.
2022 PCrLJ 296 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAEED VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Crime empties and weapon of offence, sending together for analysis---Accused was convicted by Trial Court for committing Qatl-i-amd and was sentenced to…
2022 PCrLJ 296 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAEED VS State Motive---Scope---Once motive is established by prosecution, then it has to be proved otherwise adverse inference would be drawn.
2022 PCrLJ 296 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAEED VS State Medical evidence---Object---Medical evidence may confirm ocular account with regard to seat of injuries and its duration, nature of injuries and kind of weapon used for causing such injuries but it cannot connect accused with…
2022 PCrLJ 314 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASLAM VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery of weapon of offence on the pointation of accused---Reliance---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of his wife by inflict…
2022 PCrLJ 314 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASLAM VS State S. 302(b)---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 129(g)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---With-holding material evidence---Effect---Accused was charged for committing murder of his wife by i…
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