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2022 PCrLJ 1560 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
STATE through Advocate-General, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar VS SAID BAHAR S. 9---Possession of narcotics---Safe custody---Scope---Where safe custody of the recovered substance or safe transmission of samples of the recovered substance is n…
2022 PCrLJ 1560 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
STATE through Advocate-General, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar VS SAID BAHAR S. 417---appeal against acquittal---Scope---Scope of interference in appeal against acquittal is most narrow and limited because in case of acquittal the presumption…
2022 PCrLJ 1560 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
STATE through Advocate-General, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar VS SAID BAHAR S. 9(c)---Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001, R. 6---Transportation of narcotics---Report or result of test or analysis---Appreciation…
2022 PCrLJ 1610 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
State VS GUL ZAMAN S. 417---appeal against acquittal---Scope---Once an accused person is acquitted then strong and exceptional grounds would be required for setting aside the judgment of acquittal---Standard of appraisal of evidence in an a…
2022 PCrLJ 1610 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
State VS GUL ZAMAN S. 9(c)---Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001, R. 6---Possession of narcotics---Report or result of test or analysis---Appreciation of evidence---Safe custody---Non-production of sample-bearer…
2022 PCrLJ 1690 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
DOCTOR KHAN VS State S. 426(2-B)--- Supreme Court Rules, 1980, O. XXII, R. 11---Suspension of sentence pending appeal---Scope---Accused sought suspension of his sentence and release on bail till final disposal of appeal before the Supreme C…
2022 PCrLJ 1730 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
HABIB ULLAH VS CHAMAN Ss. 3, 8 & 8-a---Illegal dispossession---Restoration of possession---Civil litigation, pendency of---Petitioners/accused persons were aggrieved of order passed by Trial Court restoring possession to respondents/complai…
2022 PCrLJ 1788 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
MEHBOOB ALI VS State Ss. 22-a, 22-B & 154---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 199---Constitutional petition---Quashing of FIR---Principle---Petitioner was aggrieved of registration of FIR against him on the basis of order passed by Ex-officio…
2022 PCrLJ 1822 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
AKHTAR ZAMAN VS State Ss. 497 & 466---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd and common intention---Release of lunatic pending investigation or trial---Bail, refusal of---Absconsion of accused---Involvement of accused in severa…
2022 PLD 29 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
UMAIR KALEEM VS GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA S. 4(j), (n) & (v)---Medical faculty---Powers---"Dental Surgical Assistant" and "Dental Technician"---Distinction---Petitioners were students of Dental Technician Diploma who were aggrieved o…
2022 YLR 68 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
ABDUR REHMAN VS State Ss. 324 & 337-F(v)---attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, ghayr-jaifah-hashimah---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of one hour and five minutes in reporting the matter---Scope---accused was charged for inju…
2022 YLR 68 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
ABDUR REHMAN VS State Ss. 324 & 337-F(v)---attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, ghayr-jaifah-hashimah---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery of crime empties from the spot---Reliance---Scope---accused was charged for injuring the…
2022 YLR 68 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
ABDUR REHMAN VS State Ss. 324 & 337-F(v)---attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, ghayr-jaifah-hashimah---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Presence of witnesses at the spot was doubtful---Scope---accused was charged for injuring the dau…
2022 YLR 68 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
ABDUR REHMAN VS State abscondance---Scope---abscondance alone could not be a substitute for real evidence because people do abscond though falsely charged in order to save themselves from agony of protracted trial and also to avoid duress a…
2022 YLR 68 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
ABDUR REHMAN VS State abscondance--- Evidentiary value---abscondance is a corroborative piece of evidence---Where direct evidence failed, corroborative piece of evidence is of no avail. Head NotesCase Description
2022 YLR 68 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
ABDUR REHMAN VS State Ss. 324 & 337-F(v)---attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, ghayr-jaifah-hashimah---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Contradictions in the statements of witnesses---Scope---accused was charged for injuring the daug…
2022 YLR 117 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
SAID ALAM VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302 & 34---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 46---Qatl-i-amd and common intention---Bail, refusal of---Dying declaration---Scope---Complainant while being in injured condition lodg…
2022 YLR 181 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
SARTAJ VS Mst. WAHEEDA GUL Ss. 42, 54 & 55---Suit for declaration, permanent and mandatory injunction---Partition of immovable property---Scope---Plaintiffs/respondents filed suit for declaration, permanent/ mandatory injunction and possess…
2022 YLR 181 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
SARTAJ VS Mst. WAHEEDA GUL arts. 117 & 118---Burden of proof---Scope---Burden of proof lies upon the person who is the beneficiary of a document. Head NotesCase Description
2022 YLR 181 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
SARTAJ VS Mst. WAHEEDA GUL S. 7--- Divorce (Talaq)--- Scope---Husband can divorce his wife if he wishes, during subsistence of marriage; however, under the provisions of S. 7 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961, a notice to that effec…
2022 YLR 363 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Mir AHMAD KHAN VS SAID GHULAM S. 12(2)--- Decision on merits--- Suit property saw six owners with consideration since institution of suit till the decree---Petitioner (final purchaser) contended to be bona fide purchaser---Petitioner's appl…
2022 YLR 381 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
AISHA VS State S. 164--- Confession--- Retraction---Scope--- Confession recorded by accused could validly form the basis of his/her conviction, if the court was satisfied and believed that it was true, voluntary, was not obtained by torture…
2022 YLR 381 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
AISHA VS State Ss. 302(b) & 109---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---Qatl-i-amd, abetment---Appreciation of evidence---Confession, retraction of---Scope---Accused was charged for abetting her paramour to commit the murder of her…
2022 YLR 381 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
AISHA VS State Ss. 302(b) & 109---Qatl-i-amd, abetment---Appreciation of evidence---Accused was charged for abetting, her paramour to commit murder of her husband by firing---Admittedly, the occurrence had taken place on the spot and in the…
2022 YLR 418 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
DIL NAWAZ KHAN VS Mst. NEK BIBI Ss. 5, 7, 122 & 123---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss. 42, 39 & 54---Suit for declaration, cancellation of gift-mutation and permanent injunction---Gift---Ingredients ---Correctness and genuineness of gif…
2022 YLR 418 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
DIL NAWAZ KHAN VS Mst. NEK BIBI Ss. 5, 7, 122 & 123---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss. 42, 39 & 54---Suit for declaration, cancellation of gift-mutation and permanent injunction---Gift--- Ingredients--- Correctness and genuineness of gi…
2022 YLR 454 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Mst. ROBINA VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Slightest doubt which occurs in prosecution case is sufficient to acquit accused---For extending benefit of doubt, it is not necessary that there should be many circumstances creating doub…
2022 YLR 454 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Mst. ROBINA VS State S. 9(c)--- Recovery of narcotic substance---Appreciation of evidence---Un-explained delay in registration of F.I.R.---Proof of recovery---Principle---Charas weighing 7.2 Kilograms was alleged to have been recovered from…
2022 YLR 511 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
RAHMATULLAH VS ZAMAIDUL S. 25---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art.115---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199---Constitutional petition---Tenant, ejectment of---Estoppel---Suit filed by respondents was decreed in their favour and petitioners w…
2022 YLR 537 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
NOOR UL HAQ VS State Ss. 302(b), 311, 322 & 496-a---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arms act (XXIII of 2013), S. 15---Qatl-i-amd, tazir after waiver or compounding of right of qisas in qatl-i-amd, qatl-bis-sabab, enticing or taking away or detaining wit…
2022 YLR 537 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
NOOR UL HAQ VS State Ss. 302(b), 311, 322 & 496-a---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arms act (XXIII of 2013), S. 15---Qatl-i-amd, tazir after waiver or compounding of right of qisas in qatl-i-amd, qatl-bis-sabab, enticing or taking away or detaining wit…
2022 YLR 578 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
SARBILAND KHAN VS State S.302 (b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Presence of witness--- Proof--- Both accused persons were convicted by Trial Court for committing Qatl-i-amd---Validity---Both the eye-witnesses…
2022 YLR 578 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
SARBILAND KHAN VS State art. 46---Dying declaration---Impact---Evidentiary value of dying declaration and its exact place in prosecution evidence in each case is according to its attending circumstances. Head NotesCase Description
2022 YLR 605 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
DIL ARAAM VS SHERZADA Ss. 42 & 54---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 117 & 120--- Suit for declaration and injunction---Pardahnashin and illiterate lady---Sale mutation, proof of---Onus to prove---Respondents-plaintiffs assailed mutatio…
2022 YLR 605 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
DIL ARAAM VS SHERZADA Expert opinion--- Scope--- Expert opinion is only to corroborate stance of party and such evidence itself does not entitle a party for relief, if not supported by primary evidence. Head NotesCase Description
2022 YLR 628 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
SHAUKAT ULLAH VS GUL UMAR When the gift is alleged by a person in his favour to the exclusion of other legal heirs, then in such an eventuality, the beneficiary is required to prove the same with all its particulars and ingredients i.e., of…
2022 YLR 628 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
SHAUKAT ULLAH VS GUL UMAR Gift---Muslim can gift away his property to anyone and no restriction could be placed on his right. Head NotesCase Description
2022 YLR 628 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
SHAUKAT ULLAH VS GUL UMAR Scope---Plaintiffs sought a declaration that they being legal heirs of alleged donee (first wife/widow of donor), were owners in possession of the suit house---Defendants (brother, brother's son and second wife/wid…
2022 YLR 664 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Mst. KHANAM BIBI VS Mst. FOZIA BIBI O. II, R. 2, O. VII, R. 11 & O. IX, R. 9---Inheritance---Suit for declaration---Application of respondents/defendants for rejection of plaint under O. VII, R. 11 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 was allowed…
2022 YLR 686 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
HIRA BIBI VS MANAGING DIRECTOR LEADS CAMPUS SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, MARDAN Ss. 21 & 22---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Private Schools Regulatory Authority Regulation, 2018, Regln. 5(3)---Non-registration of private school---Approved standards for private…
2022 YLR 790 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Mian HUMAUN SHAH VS REGISTRAR, PESHAWAR HIGH COURT Cl. 3(d)(i)---Criminal case---Scope---National Judicial Policy provides specific time period, mechanism and guidelines for decision of the civil as well as criminal matters and have binding…
2022 YLR 821 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
USMAN SHAH VS State Benefit of doubt--- Principle---Slightest doubt occurring in the prosecution case will be sufficient to acquit an accused. Head NotesCase Description
2022 YLR 821 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
USMAN SHAH VS State S. 9(c)---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 129(g)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Withholding best evidence---Scope---Eight kilograms of charas was allegedly recovered from the motorcar driven b…
2022 YLR 821 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
USMAN SHAH VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Eight kilograms of charas was allegedly recovered from the motorcar driven by accused---Record showed that the seizing officer deposed tha…
2022 YLR 821 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
USMAN SHAH VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Delay in sending the sample for analysis---Scope---Eight kilograms of charas was allegedly recovered from the motorcar driven by accused---Record revealed th…
2022 YLR 821 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
USMAN SHAH VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Not necessary that there should be many circumstances creating doubts---Single circumstance creating reasonable doubt in a prudent mind about the guilt of accused, makes him entitled to its…
2022 YLR 821 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
USMAN SHAH VS State Ss. 9(c) & 21--- Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Power of entry, search, seizure and arrest without warrant---Scope---Eight kilograms of charas was allegedly recovered from the motorcar driven by acc…
2022 YLR 838 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
NAJEEB ULLAH VS State S. 302(b)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---Juvenile Justice System Ordinance (XXII of 2000), S. 2(b)---Qatl-i-amd--- Appreciation of evidence---Recording statement of juvenile accused---Scope---Accused w…
2022 YLR 838 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
NAJEEB ULLAH VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Call Data Record---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the deceased---Prosecution had been relying upon the CDR brought on record---Said data could n…
2022 YLR 838 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
NAJEEB ULLAH VS State Circumstantial evidence---Scope---Prosecution was duty bound to have established the whole chain of circumstances in their evidence in a way that it got netted together a chain starting from the dead body at one end an…
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