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2022 YLR 1660 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAMIL AKHTAR KHAN VS MUHAMMAD SALEEM SADIQ O. III, R. 4---appointment of pleader---Scope---Respondent filed suit for specific performance of agreements to sell against several defendants---Several defendants including petitioners engaged a…
2022 YLR 1665 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. PARVEEN AKHTAR VS NOOR MUHAMMAD S. 12(2)---Bar to further suit---Recording of evidence---Framing of issues---Scope---Court is not required to frame issues in every application filed under S.12(2), C.P.C.---Court is vested with the powe…
2022 YLR 1665 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. PARVEEN AKHTAR VS NOOR MUHAMMAD O. XXII, R. 4 & S. 12(2)---Procedure in case of death of one of several defendants or of sole defendant---Scope---Plaintiff filed suit for recovery of possession of a house---Trial Court dismissed the su…
2022 YLR 1665 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. PARVEEN AKHTAR VS NOOR MUHAMMAD O.XXII, Rr. 3 & 4---Death of party---Scope---Failure to bring on record legal representatives of dead party in the pending proceedings is not fatal to the proceedings, unless it causes some serious preju…
2022 YLR 1678 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZUBAIR AHMED VS SAIMA ANWAR S. 5, Sched.---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XIV, R. 1---Suit for recovery of dowry articles---Framing of issues---Scope---Plea raised belatedly---Respondent (wife) filed a suit for recovery of dowry artic…
2022 YLR 1702 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MOHSIN ABBAS VS State Extra-judicial confession---Scope---Extra-judicial confession is a very weak type of evidence and the same obviously needs impartial/strong corroboration from other independent sources.
2022 YLR 1702 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MOHSIN ABBAS VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If only a single circumstance creating reasonable doubt in the mind of a prudent person is available then its benefit is to be extended to an accused not as a matter of concession but as…
2022 YLR 1702 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MOHSIN ABBAS VS State Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Weapon of offence recovered on the disclosure of the accused---Reliance--- Scope--- Accused were charged for committing murder…
2022 YLR 1702 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MOHSIN ABBAS VS State Circumstantial evidence--- Scope---Imperative for the prosecution to provide all links in chain, where one end of the same touched the dead body and the other, neck of the accused.
2022 YLR 1702 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MOHSIN ABBAS VS State Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Extra-judicial confession--- Scope--- Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Prosecu…
2022 YLR 1702 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MOHSIN ABBAS VS State Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Call Data Record---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Prosecution had al…
2022 YLR 1702 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MOHSIN ABBAS VS State appreciation of evidence---Principle---Only the intrinsic worth and probative value of the evidence will play a decisive role in determining the guilt or innocence of an accused person.
2022 YLR 1725 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHID RASOOL VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Benefit of doubt even slightest must be resolved in favour of the accused without any reservation.
2022 YLR 1725 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHID RASOOL VS State Ss.302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Improvements made by complainant--- Scope--- Accused were charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by…
2022 YLR 1725 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHID RASOOL VS State Motive---Scope---Prosecution was not bound to introduce the motive but once a motive was set up and not proved, it adversely affected the case of prosecution.
2022 YLR 1725 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHID RASOOL VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd common intention--- Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt--- Presence of eye-witnesses at the place and time of occurrence was doubtful---Scope---Accused were charged for committing m…
2022 YLR 1725 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHID RASOOL VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Weapon of offence was recovered on the pointation of accused---Reliance--- Scope--- Accused were charged for committing murd…
2022 YLR 1725 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHID RASOOL VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd common intention--- Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Medical evidence---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by firing---Motive…
2022 YLR 1725 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHID RASOOL VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Motive was not proved---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by firing---Wit…
2022 YLR 1725 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHID RASOOL VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Not necessary that there might be many circumstances creating doubts---If there was circumstance which created reasonable doubt in a prudent mind about the guilt of the accused then accus…
2022 YLR 1725 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ZAHID RASOOL VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Defective investigation---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by firing---R…
2022 YLR 1742 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
EJAZ AHMAD VS State S. 540---Power to summon material witness or examine person present---Scope---Section 540, Cr.P.C. deals with three kinds of cases and invests the Court with a power to deal with them---First case is of a person not exam…
2022 YLR 1742 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
EJAZ AHMAD VS State S. 540---Power to summon material witness or examine person present---Expression "already examined"---Scope---Accused assailed order passed by Trial Court whereby it allowed the application filed by the prosecution under…
2022 YLR 1742 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
EJAZ AHMAD VS State art. 133---Order of examination---Scope---Examination of a witness by the party who calls him is examination-in-chief---Examination of a witness by the adverse party is called cross-examination and the examination of the…
2022 YLR 1752 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RAFI VS Mst. JAMILA BEGUM Scope---Suit regarding Benami dispute is not the one wherein genuineness or veracity of document is involved---Execution of instrument in such cases, is an admitted fact and seeker intends just rectificati…
2022 YLR 1752 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RAFI VS Mst. JAMILA BEGUM O.XLI, R. 27---additional evidence, production of---Principle---Permission to bring additional evidence cannot be accorded just to fill in lacunas left by a party in its evidence.
2022 YLR 1752 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RAFI VS Mst. JAMILA BEGUM art. 120---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S.115---Suit for declaration and injunction---Limitation--- Benami transaction--- Concurrent findings of facts by two Courts below---Respondent-plaintiff claime…
2022 YLR 1762 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IKRAM VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery of pistols on the pointation of accused---Reliance---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firi…
2022 YLR 1762 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IKRAM VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence--- Benefit of doubt---Dishonest improvements--- Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Record showed that after more…
2022 YLR 1762 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IKRAM VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of more than four months in filing complaint--- Scope--- Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Re…
2022 YLR 1762 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IKRAM VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Presence of witnesses at the time and place of occurrence was doubtful---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of complain…
2022 YLR 1762 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IKRAM VS State Medical evidence---Scope---Medical evidence could not speak about the author of the injury, it could only tell about seat, number of the injuries and the weapon with which those injuries had been caused and that's wh…
2022 YLR 1762 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IKRAM VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Maxim: falsus in uno falsus in omnibus--- Applicability---Record showed that same set of witnesses had been disbelieved to the extent of acquitted co-accused person…
2022 YLR 1762 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IKRAM VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Ocular account---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---As per application for registration of t…
2022 YLR 1777 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AHMAD FRAZ VS State Ss. 376 & 511---Rape---Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or for a shorter term---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delayed FIR---Non-appearance of victim for m…
2022 YLR 1777 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
AHMAD FRAZ VS State Benefit of doubt--- Scope--- Not necessary that there should be many circumstances creating doubt ---If there is a single circumstance which creates reasonable doubt in the prudent mind about the guilt of the accused, th…
2022 YLR 1782 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IRFAN SALEEM VS State Ss. 302(b) & 449---Qatl-i-amd, house-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Absconsion of accused---Scope---Accused was charged for committing mu…
2022 YLR 1782 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IRFAN SALEEM VS State Ss. 302(b) & 449---Qatl-i-amd, house-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Identification of accused---Scope---Accused was charged for committin…
2022 YLR 1782 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IRFAN SALEEM VS State Ss. 302(b) & 449---Qatl-i-amd, house-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Presence of witnesses at the spot was justified---Scope---Accused was…
2022 YLR 1782 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IRFAN SALEEM VS State Ss. 302(b) & 449---Qatl-i-amd, house-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Medical evidence---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder…
2022 YLR 1803 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD AKHTAR VS NIAZ AHMAD Ss. 12(2), 151 & O. XLI, R. 21---Pre-emption---Maxim "a man who seeks equity must come with clean hands"---Grant of permission to re-deposit pre-emption amount---Suit for possession filed by respondent/pre-empt…
2022 YLR 1822 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAMSHAID alias BABLU VS State art. 22---Test identification parade---Purpose and object---Purpose of identification parade is to find out whether accused was the actual perpetrator of the crime in question---If the name of the offender was…
2022 YLR 1844 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD SARWAR VS State Evidence--- Direct or substantive evidence---Scope---Unless direct or substantive evidence was brought on record, conviction could not be recorded on the basis of such type of evidence howsoever convincing it might…
2022 YLR 1867 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Shaikh MUHAMMAD TARIQ VS PREMIUM DEVELOPERS Ss.2(14) & 36---Specific performance---Execution petition---"Executable order"---Scope---Petitioner agreed to sell 30 acres of land for a consideration of Rs.94 crore bounding the respondent to pa…
2022 YLR 1886 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASIF VS State Ss. 396, 460 & 412---Dacoity with murder---All persons jointly concerned in lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night punishable for qatl or hurt caused by one of them---Dishonestly receiving property stolen i…
2022 YLR 1895 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MAZHAR ABBAS VS State Ss. 363, 343 & 365-a---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Kidnapping, wrongful confinement for three or more days, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person---act of terroris…
2022 YLR 1920 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUZAFFAR NAWAZ VS ISHRAT RASOOL S. 6---Family Courts Act (XXXV of 1964), Ss. 20 & 5, Sched.---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 175--- Establishment of Family Courts---Object--- Family Court as Judicial Magistrate---Jurisdiction of Family Cour…
2022 YLR 1924 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAMZA YAQOOB VS State Ss. 302, 396, 412 & 34---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 22---Qatl-i-amd, dacoity with murder, dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of dacoity, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Sente…
2022 YLR 1981 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD YOUNIS VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If there was a single circumstance which created doubt regarding the prosecution case, the same would be sufficient to give benefit of doubt to the accused. Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd,…
2022 YLR 2005 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HUSSAIN SHAH VS State Ss. 11-H, 11-I, 11-J & 11-N---Membership, support and meetings relating to a proscribed organization, fund raising, funding arrangements---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Accused was alleged to have been…
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