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2022 PCrLJ 664 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RASHED alias CHAND VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Recovery of weapon of offence and crime empty---Positive forensic report---…
2022 PCrLJ 664 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RASHED alias CHAND VS State S. 164---Confession before the Judicial Magistrate---Conviction---Confessional statement, if true, voluntary, and containing full details of the events of an occurrence, even if retracted afterwards, could be mad…
2022 PCrLJ 664 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RASHED alias CHAND VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---DNa samples sent for analysis after arrest of accused---accused were charge…
2022 PCrLJ 664 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RASHED alias CHAND VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---CCTV footage and Call Data Record (CDR)---accused were charged for committi…
2022 PCrLJ 664 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RASHED alias CHAND VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Presence of the eye-witnesses at the spot justified---accused were charged…
2022 PCrLJ 664 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RASHED alias CHAND VS State Witness---Related witness, testimony of---Testimony of closely related witness could not be discarded merely on the ground of his/her relationship with the deceased.
2022 PCrLJ 664 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RASHED alias CHAND VS State Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) report---Significance---DNA was a particle that encrypted the genetic information in all living beings and was the blueprint of an individual---DNA could be obtained from any biologica…
2022 PCrLJ 664 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RASHED alias CHAND VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Mitigating circumstances---Quantum of punishment---accused persons were cha…
2022 PCrLJ 664 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RASHED alias CHAND VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Confessional statements of ac…
2022 PCrLJ 664 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RASHED alias CHAND VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), art. 22---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Test identification parade free fr…
2022 PCrLJ 741 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL RAZZAQ VS State "Reasonable apprehension"---Meaning---Fear must be based on sound judgment.
2022 PCrLJ 741 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL RAZZAQ VS State S. 526--- Transfer of case--- Scope--- Petitioner apprehending injustice from the court filed a petition for transfer of bail application from that court to another---Held; petitioner had not brought on record any subs…
2022 PCrLJ 741 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL RAZZAQ VS State "Reasonable"---Meaning.
2022 PCrLJ 741 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL RAZZAQ VS State S. 526---Transfer of case---Scope---Adverse judicial orders passed by a Court against a party will not be sufficient ground directing transfer of case from the Court, as aggrieved person has remedy to challenge the ord…
2022 PCrLJ 741 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL RAZZAQ VS State "apprehension"---Meaning.
2022 PCrLJ 741 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL RAZZAQ VS State Judicial independence is the motto of judicial system and dispensation of justice---Courts should not be subjected to improper influence from the private or partisan interests---With said independence, the judiciary ca…
2022 PCrLJ 741 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL RAZZAQ VS State S. 526---Transfer of case---Principles settled on the question of transfer of a case from one Court to another detailed.
2022 PCrLJ 741 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL RAZZAQ VS State S. 526---Transfer of case---Scope---Judges are presumed to be performing their duties with all honesty and dedication, by knowing that they have been bestowed with a sacred obligation to deliver justice beyond any worl…
2022 PCrLJ 779 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAJJAD ASHRAF VS State S. 417---appeal against acquittal---Limitation---Condonation of delay---Sufficient cause---Lawyer's strike---Scope---Petitioner filed petition for leave to appeal under S. 417(2) of Cr.P.C. and prayed for setting asid…
2022 PCrLJ 797 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUNIR AHMAD alias MUNA VS State Ss. 302(b), 392 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, robbery, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Medical evidence---Scope---Accused were charged for murdering the son of complainant by firing while committing robber…
2022 PCrLJ 797 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUNIR AHMAD alias MUNA VS State Ss. 302(b), 392 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, robbery, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of motorcycle used in the occurrence---Scope---Accused were charged for murdering the son of complainant by f…
2022 PCrLJ 797 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUNIR AHMAD alias MUNA VS State Ss. 302(b), 392 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, robbery, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Extra-judicial confession---Scope---Accused were charged for murdering the son of complainant by firing while committi…
2022 PCrLJ 797 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUNIR AHMAD alias MUNA VS State Ss. 302(b), 392 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, robbery, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Non-conducting of identification parade---Scope---Accused were charged for murdering the son of com…
2022 PCrLJ 797 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUNIR AHMAD alias MUNA VS State Medical evidence---Scope---Medical evidence neither itself prove involvement of an accused in the commission of an offence nor establish his culpability---Medical evidence is confirmatory in nature and may co…
2022 PCrLJ 797 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUNIR AHMAD alias MUNA VS State Ss. 302(b), 392 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, robbery, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Accused were charged for murdering the son of complainant by firing while committing robbery---Ocul…
2022 PCrLJ 797 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUNIR AHMAD alias MUNA VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If a single reasonable doubt is available in prosecution case, accused will be entitled to have benefit of such benefit, not as a matter of grace and concession but as a matter…
2022 PCrLJ 797 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUNIR AHMAD alias MUNA VS State Ss. 302(b), 392 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, robbery, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of weapon of offence and crime empty---Reliance---Scope---Accused were charged for murdering the son of compl…
2022 PCrLJ 820 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IFFAT IQBAL VS State Ss. 3, 4 & 8---Income Tax Ordinance (XLIX of 2001), Ss. 192 & 192-A---Attachment of Bank accounts allegedly used for money laundering---Legality---Bank accounts in question were allegedly joint accounts in the name of t…
2022 PCrLJ 833 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
PACHA KHAN VS State S. 36---Reports of Government analysts---Original report, non-production of---Scope---Where report of Chemical Examiner was not on the prescribed paper, was not stamped, was prepared on a black and white photocopy of the…
2022 PCrLJ 833 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
PACHA KHAN VS State S. 36---Reports of Government analysts---Scope---Report of Chemical Examiner being an expert report has to be accepted as a whole but if it is not prepared and written according to the prescribed procedure and law, it ca…
2022 PCrLJ 833 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
PACHA KHAN VS State Ss. 9(c) & 36---Transportation of narcotics---Reports of Government Analysts---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Contradictory statements---Non-production of original report---Scope---Accused was alleged to h…
2022 PCrLJ 860 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. KANEEZ FATIMA VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE Ss. 176, 439 & 561-a---Inquiry under S. 176, Cr.P.C. by Magistrate into cause of death---Revision against Inquiry Report issued by Magistrate while exercising powers under S. 176, Cr.P.C., mai…
2022 PCrLJ 860 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. KANEEZ FATIMA VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE Ss. 154 & 176---Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death---Registration of FIR---Scope---Registration of FIR and a private complaint were independent rights of an aggrieved person which could…
2022 PCrLJ 860 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. KANEEZ FATIMA VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE Ss. 176, 439 & 561-a---Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death---Nature of such inquiry---Scope---Question before High Court was whether inquiry by Magistrate under S. 176, Cr.P.C. was judic…
2022 PCrLJ 891 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAFAR VS State Witness---Improvement made by witness---Scope---If any witness made deliberate improvements with mala fide intention, the testimony of such witness could not be relied upon.
2022 PCrLJ 891 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAFAR VS State Ss. 302, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Prosecution case was that the accused party made firing upon complainant part…
2022 PCrLJ 891 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAFAR VS State Ss. 302, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Improvements made by witnesses---Scope---Prosecution case was that the accuse…
2022 PCrLJ 891 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAFAR VS State Ss. 302, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Ocular account and medical evidence---Contradictions---Prosecution case was t…
2022 PCrLJ 891 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAFAR VS State Evidence---Direct evidence---Conviction---Scope---Unless direct or substantive evidence was brought on record, conviction could not be recorded on the basis of any type of evidence howsoever convincing it might be.
2022 PCrLJ 891 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAFAR VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If there was a single circumstance, creating reasonable doubt regarding the prosecution case that would be sufficient to give benefit to the accused.
2022 PCrLJ 891 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAFAR VS State Ss. 302, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Non-recording of conviction---Scope---Prosecution case was that the accused p…
2022 PCrLJ 916 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHAHANA BIBI VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 34, 82 & 83---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of a child under seven years of age and act of a child above seven and under twelve of immature understanding---Allegatio…
2022 PCrLJ 916 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SHAHANA BIBI VS State S. 497---Bail---Expression "reason to believe"---Scope---Court while considering bail application has to tentatively look to the facts and circumstances of the case and once it draws the inference that no reasonab…
2022 PCrLJ 934 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAYAT ULLAH KHAN VS State Witness---Witness testified falsely---Effect---If a witness who testifies falsely about one matter will not be credible to testify about any matter.
2022 PCrLJ 934 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAYAT ULLAH KHAN VS State Ss. 324, 337-F(iii), 148 & 149---attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, ghayr-jaifah-mutalahimah, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of one and half hou…
2022 PCrLJ 934 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAYAT ULLAH KHAN VS State Ss. 324, 337-F(iii), 148 & 149---attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, ghayr-jaifah-mutalahimah, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Dishonest improvement mad…
2022 PCrLJ 949 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. SANGEETA VS State S. 497--- Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Bail, grant of---Pregnant woman---Detention of minor along with mother---Scope---Accused was alleged to have been found i…
2022 PCrLJ 976 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM VS State Ss. 11-N, 11-H & 11-J---Funding arrangements---Fund raising---Appreciation of evidence---Scope---Allegation against accused was that he was collecting funds for a proscribed organization whereas case against co-acc…
2022 PCrLJ 976 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM VS State S. 11-H---Fund raising---Scope---Under S. 11-H(2)(a) of Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, a person who receives money or other property with an intention or reasonable cause to suspect that it be used for the purposes of t…
2022 PCrLJ 976 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM VS State S. 11-H---Fund raising---Scope---Under S. 11-H(3) if a person provides money or other property for the purposes of terrorism or to a terrorist organization will be punished under S. 11-N for a term not less than 5…
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