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2023 PCrLJN 85 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
QAISAR ABBAS VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Presence of eye-witnesses at the place of occurrence was doubtful---Chance witnesses---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the dec…
2023 PCrLJN 87 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ alias NAZI VS State Ss. 302(c), 452 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Statements of the witnesses---C…
2023 PCrLJN 89 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDULLAH VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---No justification provided for the presence of witnesses at the spot---Chance witnesses---Scope---Accused was charged that he al…
2023 PCrLJN 92 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
USMAN ALI VS State art. 10-a---Right to fair trial---Scope---Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of any criminal charge against him and he shall have all the…
2023 PCrLJN 94 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD JUNAID VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Benefit of a single circumstance creating doubt in a prudent mind must accrue in favour of the accused as matter of right and not of grace. [Paras. 10 of the judgment] Citation Name: 2…
2023 PCrLJN 97 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD AKRAM VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery of pistol at the instance of accused---Reliance---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the fathe…
2023 PCrLJN 99 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ALI VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Presence of eye-witness at the spot was justifiable---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the husband of the complainant by…
2023 PCrLJN 100 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HASSAN IQBAL VS State S. 497---Bail---Commencement of trial---Effect---Mere commencement of trial is no ground for the refusal of bail. [Para. 8 of the judgment] Citation Name: 2023 PCrLJN 100 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case HASS…
2023 PCrLJN 102 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD IJAZ VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting, armed with deadly weapon---Bail, grant of---Plea of alibi---Scope---Accused sought post-arrest bail in FIR lodged under Ss. 302, 148 & 149,…
2023 PCrLJN 104 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD HAMZA VS State S. 7---Explosive Substances Act (VI of 1908), S. 4---Pakistan Arms Ordinance (XX of 1965), S. 13---Act of terrorism, possession of pistol, hand grenades, Kalashnikov and bullets---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit o…
2023 PCrLJN 106 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NAZIR AHMAD AFZAL VS State Ss. 409, 420, 468, 471 & 109---Prevention of Corruption act (II of 1947), S. 5(2)---Criminal breach of trust by public servant, cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, forgery for purpose of cheati…
2023 PCrLJN 108 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
BABAR MASIH VS State S. 161---Delay in recording the statement of witness by police---Scope---Credibility of a witness is looked with serious suspicion if his statement under S. 161, Cr.P.C., was recorded with delay without offering any pla…
2023 PCrLJN 110 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD HANIF KHAN VS MUHAMMAD YOUSAF Witness---Chance witness---Scope---Testimony of chance witness ordinarily was not accepted unless justifiable reasons were shown to establish his presence at the crime scene at the relevant time---In n…
2023 PLD 154 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Chaudhary PARVEZ ELAHI VS GOVERNOR PUNJAB arts. 130(7) & 133---Rules of Procedure of Provincial assembly of the Punjab, 1997, R. 22 (7)---Vote of confidence---Dissolution of assembly---Governor of Punjab exercising powers under art. 130(7)…
2023 YLRN 1 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GULFAM VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 337-A(i), 337-F(iii) & 334---Shajjah-i-khafifah, mutalahimah, itlaf-i-udw---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Petitioner was under the allegation that he attacked upon the complaina…
2023 YLRN 11 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
FATEH MUHAMMAD VS DILSHAD AHMED S.8---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.XLI, R.23---Suit for recovery of possession of immovable property---Remand of proceedings---Principle---Concurrent findings of facts by two Courts below---Respondent/…
2023 YLRN 15 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHER MUHAMMAD VS State Ss. 420 & 468---Prevention of Corruption act (II of 1947), S. 5(2)---Cheating, forgery and misconduct---appreciation of evidence---Signature, proof of---Presumption, impact of---accused persons were alleged to have pr…
2023 YLRN 20 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SUMAIRA ASHRAF VS Dr. MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ Ss 13 & 25---Family Courts Act (XXV of 1964), S.9---Respondent/father filed petition for seeking custody of his minor son---Said petition was resisted by petitioner (mother) who filed a reply and issues…
2023 YLRN 20 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SUMAIRA ASHRAF VS Dr. MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ Ss 13 & 25---Family Courts Act (XXV of 1964), S.9---Respondent/father filed petition for seeking custody of his minor son---Said petition was resisted by petitioner (mother) who filed a reply and issues…
2023 YLRN 21 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUZAFFAR BHUTTA VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 409, 420, 467, 468 & 471---Prevention of Corruption Act (II of 1947), S. 5---Criminal breach of trust by public servant, cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property,…
2023 YLRN 23 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAMSHAID AKHTAR VS ABDUL HAMID KHAN O. XIV, R. 5, O. XVI, R. 1 & O.XLI, R. 27---Suit for declaration filed by petitioner claiming that he was owner in possession of the suit property; that he had neither sold the same property to respondent…
2023 YLRN 23 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAMSHAID AKHTAR VS ABDUL HAMID KHAN Order of remand, as a general rule, would not be objectionable if an important/vital point in the controversy has been left unattended by the Trial Court.
2023 YLRN 23 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAMSHAID AKHTAR VS ABDUL HAMID KHAN O. XLI, R. 27---Order XLI, R. 27, C.P.C. would come into operation, the documents sought to be produced by way of additional evidence should be absolutely necessary for the court to pass a judgment.
2023 YLRN 23 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAMSHAID AKHTAR VS ABDUL HAMID KHAN Jurisdiction---Order remanding a matter could only be interfered with if the same was perfunctory, perverse, without jurisdiction or extremely arbitrary---Facility of a civil revision would only be availa…
2023 YLRN 23 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAMSHAID AKHTAR VS ABDUL HAMID KHAN O. XIV, R. 1---It was the bounden duty of the Trial Court to frame proper issues.
2023 YLRN 23 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
JAMSHAID AKHTAR VS ABDUL HAMID KHAN O. XVI, R. 5---Delay in submitting application for production of additional evidence per se was no ground to disallow the parties to lead additional evidence.
2023 YLRN 25 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAIDER ALI VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence----Prosecution case was that 5324 grams of Heroin and 2680 grams of Charas were recovered from the possession of accused---Evidently, accused had been convicte…
2023 YLRN 27 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GUL MUHAMMAD VS ZULFIQAR arts. 17, 79, 117, 118 & 129(g)---Transfer of Property act (IV of 1882), S.54---Punjab Land Revenue act (XVII of 1967), S. 42---Mutation---Suit for declaration---Respondent/ plaintiff that he was the owner of suit p…
2023 YLRN 27 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
GUL MUHAMMAD VS ZULFIQAR S. 42---Mutation---Evidential value---Mere attestation of mutation of sale does not furnish proof of the sale and whenever any such transaction is questioned, the onus lies on the beneficiary to prove not only the t…
2023 YLRN 29 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASLAM VS State S.497---Bail---Plea of alibi---Scope---Plea of alibi taken by the accused during the investigation can be validly considered even at bail stage.
2023 YLRN 29 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASLAM VS State S.497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss.302, 324, 148, 149, 337-F(i) & 109---Bail, grant of---Allegedly the accused person inflicted a burst of Kalashnikov at the injured person, however Kalashnikov being a very form…
2023 YLRN 29 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASLAM VS State S.497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss.302, 324, 148, 149, 337-F(i) & 109---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to qatl-i-amd, hurt and abetment---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Role of firing and injury alleged against accused…
2023 YLRN 32 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ASIF VS State S. 302(c)---Qatl-i-amd---Un-witnessed occurrence---Non-availability of dead body---Recovery of weapon---Interested witness---Un-natural conduct--- Scope--- Complainant submitted an application to the SHO stating there…
2023 YLRN 38 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMRAN GONDAL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay in conducting postmortem examination---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused committed murder of the brother-in-law o…
2023 YLRN 38 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMRAN GONDAL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---No justification for the presence of eye-witnesses at the spot---Chance witnesses---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused c…
2023 YLRN 38 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMRAN GONDAL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of six hours in lodging the FIR---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused committed murder of the brother-in-law of the…
2023 YLRN 38 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMRAN GONDAL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Rule of consistency---Co-accused acquitted on the same set of witnesses---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused committed murder of the brothe…
2023 YLRN 38 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMRAN GONDAL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Weapon of offence was recovered from the possession of the accused---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused committed murder of the brother-in-…
2023 YLRN 38 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMRAN GONDAL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Source of light---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused committed murder of the brother-in-law of the complainant---Accordi…
2023 YLRN 38 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMRAN GONDAL VS State Motive---Scope---If the prosecution asserted a motive but failed to prove the same, then such failure on the part of the prosecution might be reacted against a sentence of death on the charge of murder.
2023 YLRN 38 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMRAN GONDAL VS State Benefit of doubt--- Principle--- Many circumstances creating doubt in the prosecution story were not required rather a single circumstance creating doubt would be enough to acquit the accused.
2023 YLRN 38 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
IMRAN GONDAL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd--- Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Unnatural conduct of the eye-witnesses---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused committed murder of the brother-in-law of t…
2023 YLRN 43 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
LIAQAT ALI alias GULL MUHAMMAD VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 440, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt, abetment, rioting, armed with deadly weapon, common o…
2023 YLRN 45 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUZAMMIL HUSSAIN VS State S. 426---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S.377---Unnatural offence---Suspension of sentence pending appeal---Scope---Accused sought suspension of his sentence awarded under S. 377---Offence was committed at 11:45 a.m. an…
2023 YLRN 47 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD HANIF VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 337-F(vi), 147 & 149--- Ghayr-jaifah-munaqqillah, rioting, unlawful assembly---Pre-arrest bail, grant of---Although the accused-petitioner was nominated in the FIR with specific…
2023 YLRN 47 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD HANIF VS State S. 498---Pre-arrest bail, grant of---Principle---While granting pre-arrest bail, court could consider the merits of the case in addition to element of mala fides and ulterior motives.
2023 YLRN 49 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. YASMIN VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If there was a circumstance which created reasonable doubt in the prudent mind about the guilt of the accused, then he would be entitled to its benefit not as a matter of grace or concessi…
2023 YLRN 49 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. YASMIN VS State Ss. 302(b), 324 & 336-B---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), art.46---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, hurt caused by corrosive substance, absconder, act of terrorism---ap…
2023 YLRN 49 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. YASMIN VS State Ss. 302(b), 324 & 336-B---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, hurt caused by corrosive substance, absconder, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doub…
2023 YLRN 51 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Rai MANSAB ALI VS ALLAH DITTA, A.S.I. S. 22-a---Ex-officio Justice of Peace, powers of---Scope---appellant had filed a petition under S.22-a, Cr.P.C., seeking direction for the registration of criminal case against police officials for tres…
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