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2023 MLD 1142 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Mst. SHAHNAZ ABID VS VISIONARY BALUCHISTAN MEDIA CORPORATION (PVT.) LTD. S. 55---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), S. 12--- Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell immovable property---Effect of failure to perform at fixed time, i…
2023 MLD 1142 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Mst. SHAHNAZ ABID VS VISIONARY BALUCHISTAN MEDIA CORPORATION (PVT.) LTD. S. 55---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), Art. 113---Specific Relief Act (I of 1877), S. 12---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. VII, R. 11---Suit for specific performanc…
2023 MLD 1149 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
AIJAZ alias VICKY VS State Ss. 365-a, 109 & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Pakistan arms Ordinance (XX of 1965), S. 13-D---Kidnapping or abduction for extorting property, valuable security, etc., abetment, common intention,…
2023 MLD 1159 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD MUQEEM VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, Islamabad Ss. 11 & 12---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199--Complaints---Appeal, non-filing of---Effect---Petitioner, a retail consume…
2023 MLD 1172 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAEED AHMED GHANGRO VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Related and interested witnesses---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of the complainant by firing---Althoug…
2023 MLD 1172 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAEED AHMED GHANGRO VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Minor contradictions in the statements of witnesses---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of the complainant…
2023 MLD 1172 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAEED AHMED GHANGRO VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Non recovery of weapon of offence and crime empties---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of the complainant…
2023 MLD 1172 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAEED AHMED GHANGRO VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of the complainant by firing---Record showed that the accused actively participat…
2023 MLD 1189 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
NISAR KHAN VS State News clipping---Evidentiary value---News clippings produced by the accused persons alone could never be considered sufficient evidence to prove a fact and could, at most, be confirmatory evidence in the presence of some…
2023 MLD 1189 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
NISAR KHAN VS State Ss. 4 & 5---Sindh arms act (V of 2013), S. 23-1(a)---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), Ss. 6(2)(ee) & 7---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 13---act of terrorism, possession of hand grenade, pistol, revolver and bullets--…
2023 MLD 1189 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
NISAR KHAN VS State Ss. 4 & 5---Sindh arms act (V of 2013), S. 23-1(a)---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), Ss. 6(2)(ee) & 7---act of terrorism, possession of hand grenade, pistol, revolver and bullets---appreciation of evidence---Sentence…
2023 MLD 1189 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
NISAR KHAN VS State Ss. 4 & 5---Sindh arms act (V of 2013), S. 23-1(a)---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), Ss. 6(2)(ee) & 7---act of terrorism, possession of hand grenade, pistol, revolver and bullets---appreciation of evidence---Safe cus…
2023 MLD 1222 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
UZMA NAZ VS The DIRECTOR GENERAL RANGERS SINDH arts. 90, 92, 93 & 129(e)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. VIII, R. 4---Constitution of Pakistan, arts. 23 & 24---Evasive denial---Documentary evidence---Property rights---Petitioners cla…
2023 MLD 1283 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ABDUL RAUF KHAN VS MEEZAN BANK LIMITED S. 42---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S. 20 & O. VII, R. 10---Suit for declaration---Suits to be instituted where defendants reside or cause of action arises---Return of plaint---Scope---Plaintiff…
2023 MLD 1321 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MAZHAR ALI VS ASAD ALI S. 9---Family Courts Rules, 1965, R. 6---Court having jurisdiction to entertain application for guardianship---Territorial jurisdiction of the Family Court is governed by R. 6 of the Family Courts Rules, 1965 and not…
2023 MLD 1354 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
YASIN HASSAN (DECEASED) VS S. 278---Letter of administration---Distant kinder---Category---Petitioner sought issuance of Letter of administration in favour of legal heirs of deceased owners of suit properties---Validity---Children of pre-de…
2023 MLD 1366 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
PROVINCE OF SINDH through Chief Secretary, Government of Sindh VS SINDH VALLEY SAFARI R. 9---Private Wildlife Farm---Hunting ban---Legality---Forest and Wildlife Department challenged the order of the Single Judge of the High Court, which t…
2023 MLD 1388 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ANWAR UL HAQ VS NAWABUDDIN Ss. 8 & 54---Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance (XVII of 1979), S. 10---Suit by person dispossessed of immovable property---Relationship of landlord and tenant, claim of---Scope---Plaintiff filed a suit for possessio…
2023 MLD 1388 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ANWAR UL HAQ VS NAWABUDDIN Ss. 8 & 9---Recovery of specific immoveable property---Scope---There is no contradiction between Ss. 8 & 9 of the Specific Relief Act, 1877, rather S. 9 is a special provision for early grievance and irrespective…
2023 MLD 1426 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
DARGAHI VS State Conviction---Scope---Guilt against the accused must rest surely and firmly on the evidence produced in the case and plain inference of the guilt may irresistibly be drawn from the evidence on the record.
2023 MLD 1426 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
DARGAHI VS State Ss. 302, 324, 353, 395, 399, 402, 148 & 149---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty, dacoity, makin…
2023 MLD 1426 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
DARGAHI VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---For giving benefit of doubt to an accused it was not necessary that there should be many circumstances---If there is a single circumstance which created reasonable doubt about the guilt of the…
2023 MLD 1426 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
DARGAHI VS State Ss. 302, 324, 353, 395, 399, 402, 148 & 149---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty, dacoity, makin…
2023 MLD 1464 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
DANISH PARABHA SHANKAR KANERIA VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination arts. 25 & 199---Constitutional petition---Cricket player---Life time suspension---Discrimination---Petitioner was an inte…
2023 MLD 1507 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SHAKEEL AHMED VS State Ss. 9(c), 25 & 48---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 103---Recovery of narcotic substance---Appreciation of evidence---Police witnesses---Public witnesses, absence of---Charas weighing 22 kilogram was recovered…
2023 MLD 1532 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ISLAM SHAH VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If a single circumstance creates reasonable doubt in a prudent mind about the guilt of the accused, then the accused would be entitled to such benefit not as a matter of grace and concessio…
2023 MLD 1532 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ISLAM SHAH VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Prosecution case was that 72 packets of hashish weighing 80 kilograms were recovered from the secret cavities of the vehicle of the accuse…
2023 MLD 1532 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ISLAM SHAH VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Contradictions and dishonest improvements in the statements of witnesses---Effect---Prosecution case was that 72 packets of hashish weighi…
2023 MLD 1532 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ISLAM SHAH VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Safe custody and safe transmission of the property to the Chemical Examiner not established---Prosecution case was that 72 packets of hash…
2023 MLD 1556 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MANSOOR-UL-HAQUE SOLANGI VS PAKISTAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (PVT.) LTD. (PIDC) S. 15---Ejectment of tenant---Personal need of landlord---Default in payment of rent and utility charges---Concurrent findings of two Courts below---…
2023 MLD 1579 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
NABEEL IFTIKHAR VS Haji MASOOD Plaintiff filed suit for damages with the claim that he was returning from work on his motorcycle when all of a sudden a heavy iron pole erected on the roadside by the defendants suddenly collapsed and fell on…
2023 MLD 1603 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SHAIKH IMRAN VS State S. 9(c)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 342---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Defence plea---Scope---Prosecution case was that 78 kilograms charas and 08 kilograms heroin were recovered f…
2023 MLD 1603 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SHAIKH IMRAN VS State S. 9(c)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 342 & 535---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Defence plea not bearing the signatures of accused---Relevance---Prosecution case was that 78 kilogram…
2023 MLD 1603 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SHAIKH IMRAN VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Prosecution case was that 78 kilograms charas and 08 kilograms heroin were recovered from the possession of accused persons---Record showed that the raidin…
2023 MLD 1603 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SHAIKH IMRAN VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Police witnesses---Scope---Prosecution case was that 78 kilograms charas and 08 kilograms heroin were recovered from the possession of accused persons---De…
2023 MLD 1795 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ATTA MUHAMMAD VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 353, 147, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assemb…
2023 MLD 1795 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ATTA MUHAMMAD VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 353, 147, 148 & 149---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 22---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty, rioting, rioting…
2023 MLD 1795 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ATTA MUHAMMAD VS State art. 46---Dying declaration---Scope---Dying declarations was not based on assumption---Relevancy of a dying declaration depended on the premise that in the circumstances no better evidence could be provided than the s…
2023 MLD 1795 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ATTA MUHAMMAD VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Prosecution is bound to prove its case beyond a shadow of doubt---If a reasonable doubt arises in the prosecution case, the benefit of same must be extended to the accused not as a grace…
2023 MLD 1795 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ATTA MUHAMMAD VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 353, 147, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assemb…
2023 MLD 1795 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ATTA MUHAMMAD VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 353, 147, 148 & 149---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 46---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty, rioting, rioting…
2023 MLD 1831 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
GHULAM NABI alias NABOO alias NABI BUX VS State S. 9(c)--- Recovery of narcotic substance--- Appreciation of evidence---Chain of custody, breaking of---Delay in sending samples---Effect---Charas weighing 2050 grams was allegedly recovered f…
2023 MLD 1845 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
QADIR BUX BULEDI VS State Ss. 302(b), 311, 324 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, tazir after waiver or compounding of right of qisas in qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Accused were…
2023 MLD 1845 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
QADIR BUX BULEDI VS State Ss. 302(b), 311, 324 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, tazir after waiver or compounding of right of qisas in qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery of…
2023 MLD 1845 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
QADIR BUX BULEDI VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Not necessary that there should be many circumstances creating doubt in the prosecution case---If there is single circumstance creating reasonable doubt in a prudent mind about the gu…
2023 MLD 1845 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
QADIR BUX BULEDI VS State Ss. 302(b), 311, 324 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, tazir after waiver or compounding of right of qisas in qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Co-accused w…
2023 MLD 1864 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
JAVED SHAH VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 39---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Admission of accused before police---Not admissible---Accused/wife of deceased was c…
2023 MLD 1864 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
JAVED SHAH VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Judicial confession, retraction of---Scope---Accused/wife of deceased was charg…
2023 MLD 1864 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
JAVED SHAH VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Inconsistency between evidence of Investigating Officer and three prosecution witnesses with regard to the arrest of accused-…
2023 MLD 1864 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
JAVED SHAH VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Defective investigation---Accused/wife of deceased was charged for committing murder of her husband/brother of the complainan…
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