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2022 PCrLJ 945 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
IRFAN VS State S. 497---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXXI of 2019), S. 9---Recovery of 1050 grams of Crystal methamphetamine (ICE) from the possession of accused---Bail, refusal of---1050 grams of amphetamine was s…
2022 PCrLJ 967 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
AJDAR ALI VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---FIR was lodged with promptitude---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the father of complainant---Record showed that the occurrence had taken place at 0…
2022 PCrLJ 967 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
AJDAR ALI VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Accused was charged for committing murder of the father of complainant---Record showed that the complainant was the only eye-witness of the occurrence who at the relevan…
2022 PCrLJ 967 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
AJDAR ALI VS State Witness---Cross-examination---Discrepancies---Scope---Court would always look at the overall structure of the prosecution case in order to see whether the evidence of the witnesses otherwise coincide with the other circum…
2022 PCrLJ 967 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
AJDAR ALI VS State S. 302(b)---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arms Act (XXIII of 2013), S. 15---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of weapon of offence and crime empties---Reliance---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of th…
2022 PCrLJ 1000 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
MUHAMMAD TAIMUR VS CHAIRMAN NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU (NAB), ISLAMABAD Ss. 9(a) & 9(b)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Bail, refusal of---Prima facie case---Accused persons were arrested for cheating me…
2022 PCrLJ 1070 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Motive was not proved---Effect---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Complainant though had disclosed the…
2022 PCrLJ 1070 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Contradictions and dishonest improvements in the statements of witnesses---Effect---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complaina…
2022 PCrLJ 1070 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS State Motive---Scope---Motive is a double-edged weapon which cuts both sides. Head NotesCase Description
2022 PCrLJ 1070 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Presence of eye-witnesses at the spot was doubtful---Chance witnesses---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complainant b…
2022 PCrLJ 1070 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Medical evidence---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Medical evidence revealed that the decease…
2022 PCrLJ 1070 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of weapon of offence and crime empties---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Record show…
2022 PCrLJ 1070 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Absconsion of accused---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Although the accused had remained abs…
2022 PCrLJ 1070 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Preliminary inquiry---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Complainant had admitted arrest of 5/6…
2022 PCrLJ 1070 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Consultation and deliberation in lodging the FIR---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Occurrence…
2022 PCrLJ 1098 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
ZAFARULLAH alias ZAFROL VS State Ss. 302, 324, 337-F(i), 337-F(ii), 337-D, 186 & 353---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arms Act (XXIII of 2013), S. 15---Anti-Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, ghayr-jaifah-da…
2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
JOHAR ALI VS State Weapon---Non-disclosure of kind of weapon---Scope---Non-disclosure of bore of the weapons used in the commission of the offence despite the fact that the complainant could identify different bores was strong circumstance…
2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
JOHAR ALI VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of bloodstained grass and garments of the deceased---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the cousin of complainant by…
2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
JOHAR ALI VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Non-availability of justification for the presence of complainant at the spot---Chance witness---Scope---Accused were charged…
2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
JOHAR ALI VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Medical evidence---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the cousin of complainant by firing---Medical evidence was not supportin…
2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
JOHAR ALI VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Contradictions in the statement of complainant---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the cousin of complaina…
2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
JOHAR ALI VS State absconsion---Scope---abscondence alone could not sustain conviction. Head NotesCase Description
2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
JOHAR ALI VS State Witness---Presence of eye-witness at the spot---Scope---Any eye-witness, who claimed his presence at the spot, must satisfy the mind of the court through some physical circumstances or through some corroborative evidence…
2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
JOHAR ALI VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---One substantial doubt is enough for acquittal of the accused. Head NotesCase Description
2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
JOHAR ALI VS State Motive---Scope---Prosecution though was not called upon to establish motive in every case, yet once it had setup a motive and failed to establish the same was to suffer consequences and not the defence. Head NotesCase Des…
2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
JOHAR ALI VS State Witness---Chance witness---Scope---For conviction of an accused person it would be highly unsafe to rely upon testimony of a chance witness when remained uncorroborated---For conviction of accused on capital charge on the…
2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
JOHAR ALI VS State Evidence---Standard of evidence---Scope---Accused person was presumed to be innocent till the time he was proved guilty beyond reasonable doubt---Said presumption of innocence continued until the prosecution succeeded in…
2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
JOHAR ALI VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Motive not proved---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the cousin of complainant by firing---Motive behind the occurrence was…
2022 PCrLJ 1222 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
IRFAN ALI VS State Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of rickshaw on the pointation of accused persons---Joint recovery---Scope---Allegation against the accused was that he committed murder of…
2022 PCrLJ 1222 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
IRFAN ALI VS State Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Scope---Allegation against the accused was that he committed murder of the son of complainant---Record showed that initially the…
2022 PCrLJ 1222 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
IRFAN ALI VS State Ss. 302 & 34---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 22---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Test identification parade---Scope---Allegation against the accused was that he committed murder of the son…
2022 PCrLJ 1222 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
IRFAN ALI VS State Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Last seen evidence---Scope---Allegation against the accused was that he committed murder of the son of complainant---Witness of last seen evidence s…
2022 PCrLJ 1222 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
IRFAN ALI VS State Ss. 302 & 34---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 129(g)---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Withholding best evidence---Scope---Allegation against the accused was that he committed murder of the…
2022 PCrLJ 1291 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
HAMEED KHAN VS State Ss. 302, 311, 338-C & 299(ee) [as amended under Criminal Law (Amendment) (Offences in the name or pretext of Honour) Act (XLIII of 2016)]---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 439---Qatl-i-amd, Isqat-i-Janin and Fas…
2022 PCrLJ 1342 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Captain (R) MUHAMMAD SAFDAR VS INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, CENTRAL POLICE OFFICE, CPO, PESHAWAR Ss. 121, 121-a, 124-a, 131, 153, 505 & 511---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 196---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 1…
2022 PCrLJ 1385 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
MUHAMMAD ZABIT VS State S. 265-E---Criminal trial---Plea---Scope---Procedure in cases where the accused "plead guilty" is different from the procedure adopted in the cases where the accused "plead not guilty"---Where the accused pleads guil…
2022 PCrLJ 1385 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
MUHAMMAD ZABIT VS State S. 9(c)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 265-E & 412---Possession of narcotics---No appeal in certain cases when accused pleads guilty---Scope---Accused was convicted and sentenced to suffer rigorous impris…
2022 PCrLJ 1385 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
MUHAMMAD ZABIT VS State S. 412---No appeal in certain cases when accused pleads guilty---Scope---When an accused pleads guilty and is convicted, there shall be no appeal except as to the extent and legality of the sentence. Head NotesCase D…
2022 PCrLJ 1408 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
INAYAT-UR-REHMAN VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Appreciation of evidence--- Sentence, reduction in---Recovery of weapon of offence from the possession of accused and crime empty from the spot---Reliance---Scope---Accused was charged fo…
2022 PCrLJ 1408 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
INAYAT-UR-REHMAN VS State Substitution---Scope---Substitution of real culprit charged directly and singularly was a rare phenomenon in the system of criminal justice. Head NotesCase Description
2022 PCrLJ 1408 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
INAYAT-UR-REHMAN VS State Witness---Related and interested witness---Reliance---Scope---Testimony of a witness which was trust worthy and inspiring confidence could not be discarded on mere ground of his close relation with the deceased---C…
2022 PCrLJ 1408 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
INAYAT-UR-REHMAN VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Appreciation of evidence--- Mitigating circumstances---Sentence, reduction in---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the husband of complainant by firing---Admittedly, the…
2022 PCrLJ 1408 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
INAYAT-UR-REHMAN VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Appreciation of evidence--- Sentence, reduction in---Ocular account supported by medical evidence---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the husband of complainant by firi…
2022 PCrLJ 1408 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
INAYAT-UR-REHMAN VS State Witness---Solitary statement of eye-witness---Scope---Conviction could be recorded on the testimony of a solitary eye-witness provided it was true, trustworthy, confidence inspiring and his/her testimony was corrob…
2022 PCrLJ 1408 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
INAYAT-UR-REHMAN VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Appreciation of evidence--- Sentence, reduction in---Motive proved---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the husband of complainant by firing---Motive behind the occurren…
2022 PCrLJ 1472 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS Mst. RAEELA art. 150---Question by party to his own witness---Scope---Cross-examination is a valuable right of an accused to test the veracity and accuracy of a prosecution witness's evidence given in the examination-in-chief and to…
2022 PCrLJ 1472 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS Mst. RAEELA art. 150---Question by party to his own witness---Scope---Hostile witness is one who, from the manner in which he gives his evidence, shows that he is not telling the truth and resiles from his earlier statement given du…
2022 PCrLJ 1472 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS Mst. RAEELA art. 150---Question by party to his own witness---Scope---Where prosecution witness in an unguarded moment had deposed something which was unfavourable to the prosecution and no such material was available on the record…
2022 PCrLJ 1527 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS State S. 15---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 103---Recovery of unlicensed weapon--- Appreciation of evidence--- Recovery proceedings---Failure to associate public witnesses---Acquittal in murder case---Accused persons were…
2022 PCrLJ 1527 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RIAZ VS State art. 40---Criminal trial---Joint recovery---Proof---Recovery of incriminating articles on joint pointing of two or more accused persons is inadmissible under art. 40 of Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984. Head NotesCase Description
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