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2021 MLD 542 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALI HASSAN VS Mst. SUMAIRA KHALID Ss.13 & 14---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts.23 & 24---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S.2(2)---Contract Act (IX of 1872), S.42---Ejectment of tenant---Bona fide personal need of landlord---Earlier ejectme…
2021 MLD 553 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
RAHIM BAKHSH VS State S.497---Bail---Principle---Scope---Court while hearing a bail application is not to keep in view the maximum sentence provided by the statute for the charged offence but the one which is likely to be entailed.
2021 MLD 553 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
RAHIM BAKHSH VS State S.497---Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), S.9---Possession of narcotics---Bail, refusal of---Scope---Accused was alleged to have been found in possession of two kilograms of charas while 200 grams of ch…
2021 MLD 729 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ZAQOOM VS State Witness---Related witness---Scope---No prohibition exists in the law that the statement of related witness cannot be considered.
2021 MLD 729 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ZAQOOM VS State Ss.302(b), 34 & 99---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S.164---Qatl-i-amd and common intention---Acts against which there is no right of private defence---Extent to which the right of private defence may be exercised---Ap…
2021 MLD 729 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ZAQOOM VS State Witness---Interested witness---Scope---Interested witness is a person who has motive to falsely implicate a person.
2021 MLD 729 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ZAQOOM VS State S.164---Confession---Scope---Confession is either to be accepted in toto or rejected as a whole.
2021 MLD 729 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ZAQOOM VS State Witness---Related witness---Scope---Mere relationship is no ground to discard/disbelieve the statement of natural witness.
2021 MLD 729 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ZAQOOM VS State S.164---Confession---Retracted---Scope---Retracted confession is sufficient piece of evidence for conviction if it is found voluntary and is not obtained by coercion or inducement.
2021 MLD 798 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ZAHID VS Mst. SADIA S.13---Eviction of tenant---Personal bona fide need of landlady---Land lady/respondent contended that she needed five shops ( demised property ) in order to convert the same into rooms for residential purpose to be inclu…
2021 MLD 798 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ZAHID VS Mst. SADIA S.13---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 23 & 24---Right of property---Scope---Eviction application---Bona fide personal need of the landlady---Utilization of property by landlady---Sufficiency------Right of property, bein…
2021 MLD 798 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ZAHID VS Mst. SADIA Ss.11 & 13---Eviction of tenant---Personal bona fide need of landlady---Conversion of the demised property---Scope---Land lady/respondent contended that she needed five shops (demised property) in order to convert the sa…
2021 MLD 895 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NADIR ALI VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If any single and slightest doubt is created, benefit of the same would go to the accused.
2021 MLD 895 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NADIR ALI VS State Witness---Improvement made by witness in his statement---Effect---If a witness had made improvements in the deposition, the statement of such witness lost its credibility.
2021 MLD 895 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NADIR ALI VS State S.22(b)---Receiving money, etc. for providing foreign employment---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Prosecution case was that the accused and co-accused had received Rs.700,000/- (Rupees seven hundred thousan…
2021 MLD 895 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NADIR ALI VS State S.22(b)---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 129(g)---Receiving money, etc. for providing foreign employment---Appreciation of evidence---Withholding best evidence---Effect---Prosecution case was that the accused and co-…
2021 MLD 895 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NADIR ALI VS State Where the law provided for doing a thing in a particular manner it had to be done in that manner, otherwise not done at all.
2021 MLD 922 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Syed LAL SHAH VS State S.9(c)---Possession of two kilogram of charas---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Contradictions in the statement of witnesses---Scope---Prosecution case was that on spy information accused was stopped and…
2021 MLD 922 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Syed LAL SHAH VS State Prosecution, duty of---Scope---Prosecution must prove its case on its own strength by cogent and confidence inspiring evidence.
2021 MLD 922 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Syed LAL SHAH VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of two kilogram of charas---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of about seventy days in sending the sample for analysis---Effect---Prosecution case was that on spy information acc…
2021 MLD 972 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Conviction must be found on unimpeachable evidence and certainty of guilt---Any doubt arising in the prosecution case must be resolved in favour of the accused.
2021 MLD 972 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS State Medical evidence---Scope---Medical evidence was not corroborative rather it only confirmed ocular account with regard to seat of injuries, time of occurrence and weapon used in commission of the offence---Medical evide…
2021 MLD 972 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS State Ss.302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of about ten days in sending the incriminating articles and its safe custody---Scope---Accused was charged that he alo…
2021 MLD 972 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS State Ss.302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---No justification available for presence of witnesses at the place of occurrence---Unnatural conduct of the complainant---Sco…
2021 MLD 972 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS State Ss.302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Motive was not proved---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused committed murder of the brother of the complai…
2021 MLD 972 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS State Motive---Scope---No rule was available that conviction could not be awarded without motive---If it appeared from the record that the evidence was sufficient for conviction, the court could convict the accused---Once th…
2021 MLD 972 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS State Ss.302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Contradictions in the statements of witnesses---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused committed murd…
2021 MLD 972 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS State art.38---Disclosure before the police---Scope---admission or disclosure of accused during custody before police had no evidentiary value.
2021 MLD 972 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS State Witness---Related witness---Reliance---Scope---Mere relationship of witness with the deceased was no ground to discard the ocular account.
2021 MLD 987 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS MUHAMMAD RAMZAN Ss.302, 324, 337-H(2), 147, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, rash or negligent act to endanger human life or personal safety of others, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful…
2021 MLD 987 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS MUHAMMAD RAMZAN Medical evidence---Scope---Medical evidence was confirmatory in nature, only confirmed unnatural death, weapon used in the commission of offence, kind of weapon used but could not implicate the accused with t…
2021 MLD 987 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS MUHAMMAD RAMZAN Double presumption of innocence---Scope---Order of acquittal of accused by court of competent jurisdiction carried double presumption of innocence.
2021 MLD 987 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS MUHAMMAD RAMZAN Vicarious liability---Scope---Mere presence of the acquittal accused with the co-accused at the place of occurrence would not be sufficient to visit the former with vicarious liability.
2021 MLD 987 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALLAH BAKHSH VS MUHAMMAD RAMZAN Ss. 302, 324, 337-H(ii), 147, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, rash or negligent act to endanger human life or personal safety of others, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawf…
2021 MLD 994 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD AYUB VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE-VII/JUSTICE OF PEACE, QUETTA Ss. 22-a & 25---Powers exercised by ex-officio Justice of Peace under S.22-a(6), Cr.P.C.---Issuing appropriate directions for registration of FIR or transfer of investi…
2021 MLD 1001 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL SALEEM VS ABDUL AZIZ O.VI, R.17---amendment in plaint---Principle---Plaintiff/respondent sought amendment in plaint which was declined by Trial Court but Lower appellate Court allowed the same---Validity---Only rider was that party co…
2021 MLD 1131 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
BISMILLAH VS State acquittal---Whether it is on the basis of a declaration by a court on the conclusion of the trial that someone is not guilty of the charge or at any stage under S.249-a or 265-K, Cr.P.C. or on the basis of compromise unde…
2021 MLD 1131 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
BISMILLAH VS State S.517---Order for disposal of property regarding which offence committed---Accused was booked in a criminal case registered under S.324, P.P.C., he was tried and after accepting an application under S.345(2), Cr.P.C., was…
2021 MLD 1141 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
KHUDA-E-DAD VS BHAWAL KHAN Ss.135 & 172(1)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S.9---Specific Relief act (I of 1877), Ss.42---Suit for declaration, partition and possession---Partition of agricultural land---Revenue courts, jurisdiction of-…
2021 MLD 1168 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALI BAKHSH VS State Witness---Police witness---Scope---Prosecution witness being Police Official by itself could not be considered as a valid reason to discard his statement/evidence.
2021 MLD 1168 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALI BAKHSH VS State S.9(c)---Possession of forty kilograms of charas---Appreciation of evidence---Prosecution case was that on spy information vehicle driven by accused was checked and 40 packets of charas were recovered from secret cavitie…
2021 MLD 1168 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ALI BAKHSH VS State S.9(c)---Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001, Rr.4 & 5---Possession of forty kilograms of charas---Appreciation of evidence---Delay in sending samples of contraband for chemical analysis---Ef…
2021 MLD 1180 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NASEER AHMED VS GHAFOOR KHAN S.13---Eviction of tenant---Payment of "pagri"---Personal bona fide need---Scope---Tenant appealed against the acceptance of eviction application---Contention of tenant was that landlord had not approached him f…
2021 MLD 1180 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NASEER AHMED VS GHAFOOR KHAN S.13---Eviction of tenant---Payment of "pagri"---Scope---Plea of payment of "pagri" does not disentitle the landlord from filing ejectment proceedings against the tenant on the ground of personal bona fide need.
2021 MLD 1197 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL KHALIQ VS MUHAMMAD ANWAR NASIR S.24---Transfer of case, application for---Sufficient/reasonable cause---Scope---Occurrence of a criminal incident---Applicants (plaintiffs) sought transfer of the case on the ground that the respondents…
2021 MLD 1286 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. ARBAB KHATOON VS IMAM BAKHSH Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Appeal against acquittal---Delay of about one and half hours in lodging the FIR---Effect---Accused were charged for committing murder…
2021 MLD 1286 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. ARBAB KHATOON VS IMAM BAKHSH Motive---Scope---Motive was always a double-edged weapon which cut both ways.
2021 MLD 1286 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. ARBAB KHATOON VS IMAM BAKHSH Ss.302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Appeal against acquittal---Benefit of doubt---Non-justification for the presence of witnesses at the place of occurrence---Chance witn…
2021 MLD 1286 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. ARBAB KHATOON VS IMAM BAKHSH Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Appeal against acquittal---Benefit of doubt---Medical and ocular evidence---Conflictions---Scope---Accused were charged for committin…
2021 MLD 1286 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mst. ARBAB KHATOON VS IMAM BAKHSH Ss.302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Appeal against acquittal---Benefit of doubt---Motive was not proved---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of brother of…
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