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2023 YLR 2164 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR PARVEZ VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Conviction could only be based on evidence of unimpeachable character leading to certainty of the guilt of the accused---Even a single doubt arising in the prosecution case must be resolv…
2023 YLR 2164 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR PARVEZ VS State Ss. 302(b), 396 & 412---Qatl-i-amd, dacoity with murder, dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of dacoity---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt--- No justification for the presence of witnesse…
2023 YLR 2164 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR PARVEZ VS State Ss. 302(b), 396 & 412---Qatl-i-amd, dacoity with murder, dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of dacoity---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Dishonest improvements made by the complainant…
2023 YLR 2164 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR PARVEZ VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Once doubt about the genuineness of prosecution story comes into the mind of the judge, proper and permissible course will be to acquit the accused by extending benefit of doubt.
2023 YLR 2164 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR PARVEZ VS State Ss. 302(b), 396 & 412---Qatl-i-amd, dacoity with murder, dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of dacoity---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Ocular account and medical evidence---Contradi…
2023 YLR 2164 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR PARVEZ VS State Ss. 302(b), 396 & 412---Qatl-i-amd, dacoity with murder, dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of dacoity---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery of pistol from accused and empties fr…
2023 YLR 2164 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR PARVEZ VS State Heinousness of offence--- Mere heinousness of the offence, if not proved to the hilt, is not sufficient to provide a valid basis for conviction of the accused.
2023 YLR 2164 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR PARVEZ VS State Dishonest improvements made by witness---Scope---If improvements are found to be deliberate and dishonest, same would cast doubt qua the veracity of the testimony of such witness of ocular account and no reliance can b…
2023 YLR 2164 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
YASIR PARVEZ VS State Ss. 302(b), 396 & 412---Qatl-i-amd, dacoity with murder, dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of dacoity---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Contradictions in the statements of witnesses-…
2023 YLR 2207 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD TAYYAB VS State Ss. 302, 364, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abduction in order to murder, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of hoe, shoes and pistol---Reliance---Accus…
2023 YLR 2207 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD TAYYAB VS State Ss. 302, 364, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abduction in order to murder, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Contradictions in the statements of witnesses---Accu…
2023 YLR 2207 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD TAYYAB VS State Ss. 302, 364, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abduction in order to murder, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Accused was charged that he along…
2023 YLR 2207 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD TAYYAB VS State Ss. 302, 364, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abduction in order to murder, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Safe custody of the parcels for analysis doubtful---…
2023 YLR 2207 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD TAYYAB VS State Ss. 302, 364, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abduction in order to murder, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Identification of dead body of the deceased by compl…
2023 YLR 2207 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD TAYYAB VS State Ss. 302, 364, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abduction in order to murder, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Motive not proved---Accused was charged that he alon…
2023 YLR 2207 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD TAYYAB VS State Ss. 302, 364, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abduction in order to murder, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Accused was charged that he along…
2023 YLR 2233 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TARIQ JAVED VS RUKHSANA BIBI Ss. 5, Sched. & 17-a---Suit for recovery of maintenance allowance---Decree, not assailed against all decree-holders---Effect---Record of the appeal having been preferred by the petitioner/ defendant revealed tha…
2023 YLR 2233 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TARIQ JAVED VS RUKHSANA BIBI S. 5, Sched.---Suit for recovery of maintenance allowance of minor---Quantum---Financial status of father---Poverty---Contention of the defendant was that he, being a driver, was a poor person having no stable s…
2023 YLR 2233 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
TARIQ JAVED VS RUKHSANA BIBI Ss 5, Sched. & 17-a---Suit for recovery of maintenance allowance---Right of defence---Striking off---Family Court while fixing interim maintenance allowance, ordered the petitioner/ defendant to pay, on next dat…
2023 YLR 2278 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. AKBARI BEGUM VS MEMBER BOARD OF REVENUE, PUNJAB, LAHORE Ss. 42 & 47---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Mutation of sale, setting aside of---Pendency of civil litigation---Petitioners assailed mutation on t…
2023 PLD 433 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAIMA NAZIR VS GUARDIAN JUDGE (IV), LAHORE -Ss. 1, 5, Sched. 25 & Preamble---Guardians and Wards Act (VIII of 1890), S. 25---Jurisdiction of Family Courts---Custody of minor---Scope---As evident from its Preamble, the Family Courts Act, 196…
2023 PLD 433 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAIMA NAZIR VS GUARDIAN JUDGE (IV), LAHORE Repeal by implication---Scope---Legislature is normally not presumed to have intended to keep two contradictory enactments on the statute book with the intention of repealing the one with the other…
2023 PLD 433 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAIMA NAZIR VS GUARDIAN JUDGE (IV), LAHORE S. 4---'Minor'---'Guardian'---'Ward'---Meaning---Unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context, S. 4 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, defines the 'Minor' as a person who, under…
2023 PLD 433 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAIMA NAZIR VS GUARDIAN JUDGE (IV), LAHORE S. 12---Family Courts Act (XXXV of 1964), S. 14---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---Interim custody of minor---Constitutional petition against an orde…
2023 PLD 433 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAIMA NAZIR VS GUARDIAN JUDGE (IV), LAHORE S. 5, Sched.---Mental Health Ordinance (VIII of 2001), Ss. 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 & 60---Jurisdiction of Family Court---Judicial proceedings for appointment of guardian of mentally disordered person---…
2023 PLD 433 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAIMA NAZIR VS GUARDIAN JUDGE (IV), LAHORE S. 5, Sched. & Sr. Nos. 5 & 6, Part I---Mental Health Ordinance (VIII of 2001), S. 60---Jurisdiction of Family Court---Custody of minors---Guardianship---Visitation rights---Scope---Question before…
2023 PLD 433 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAIMA NAZIR VS GUARDIAN JUDGE (IV), LAHORE S. 12---Interim custody of minor---Scope---Section 12 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, enacts the power to make interlocutory order for production of minor and interim protection of person and…
2023 PLD 433 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAIMA NAZIR VS GUARDIAN JUDGE (IV), LAHORE Ss. 4(2) & 25---Family Courts Act (XXXV of 1964), S. 5, Sched.---Custody of minors---"Guardian"---Maintenance, right to---Scope---Law maintains a distinction between custody and guardianship and re…
2023 PLD 433 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SAIMA NAZIR VS GUARDIAN JUDGE (IV), LAHORE Ss. 25 & 12---Custody of minors---Custody of minor girl---Mother, entitlement of---Scope---Mother of minor girls is entitled to their custody unless there is anything available on record to disenti…
2023 YLR 2304 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ARSHAD VS MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE (Deceased) arts. 59 & 84---Thumb impressions---Examination---Expert opinion---Scope---In case of any dispute regarding genuineness of signatures, thumb impressions, arts. 59 & 84 of Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984…
2023 YLR 2304 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
MUHAMMAD ARSHAD VS MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE (Deceased) Ss. 42 & 54---Registration Act (XVI of 1908), S.17---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 129, illustration (e)---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O.I, R.10 & O.VI, R.4---Suit for declaration a…
2023 YLR 2364 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NISHTAR HOSPITAL MULTAN VS LINDE PAKISTAN LTD. O. XLI, R. 27---additional evidence at appellate sage---Scope---Order XLI, R. 27, C.P.C., does not envisage filling up the lucuna left by a party in evidence before Trial Court---additional evi…
2023 YLR 2364 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
NISHTAR HOSPITAL MULTAN VS LINDE PAKISTAN LTD. O. XLI, R. 27---additional evidence, protection of an appellate sage---Scope---Respondent/ plaintiff instituted a suit for recovery of certain amount along with mark-up---Suit was contested by…
2023 YLR 2412 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RASHID AHMED VS State S. 496-B(2)--- Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 203-C---Fornication---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---DNA test---Consent, proof of---Two accused were sent to face trial for abducing and raping comp…
2023 YLR 2412 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RASHID AHMED VS State Benefit of doubt---Effect---Responsi-bility to prove a case beyond any shadow of reasonable doubt squarely lies with prosecution---If prosecution fails to successfully discharge its responsibility, the only result can…
2023 YLR 2441 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. ILYAS AKHTAR VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Ss. 42 & 54---West Pakistan Land Revenue Act (XVII of 1967), S. 45---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XLI, R.25---Suit for declaration and injunction---Mutation, assailing of---Procedure--- Expres…
2023 YLR 2441 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Mst. ILYAS AKHTAR VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB Technicalities---Scope---Justice cannot be sacrificed on altar of a technicality which does not go to the root of the cause---Unjust and wrong decision which is also against substantive law of the cou…
2023 YLR 2471 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RIAZ VS State Defence plea---Burden of proof---Scope---In a case where a specific plea is raised by the accused, he has to prove the same.
2023 YLR 2471 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b), 109, 114, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, abettor present when offence committed, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---First Informtion Report lodged with promptitude--…
2023 YLR 2471 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b), 109, 114, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, abettor present when offence committed, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Related and interested witnesses, evidence of---R…
2023 YLR 2471 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b), 109, 114, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, abettor present when offence committed, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence--- Ocular account supported by medical evidence---A…
2023 YLR 2471 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b), 109, 114, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, abettor present when offence committed, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Mitigating circumstances…
2023 YLR 2471 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b), 109, 114, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, abettor present when offence committed, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Motive proved---Accused was charged for committin…
2023 YLR 2471 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b), 109, 114, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, abettor present when offence committed, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Post mortem upon the dead body of the deceased co…
2023 YLR 2497 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
SHEER MUHAMMAD VS State S. 497---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Explosive Substances act (VI of 1908), Ss. 4 & 5---Terrorism, possession of explosive substances, arms and ammunition---Bail, grant of---allegation of being a membe…
2023 YLR 2503 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAFEEZ AHMED VS State Ss. 302(b), 337-a(i), 337-a(ii), 337-F(vi), 337-L(2), 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, shajjah-i-khafifah, shajjah-i-mudihah, ghayr-jaifah-munaqqillah, hurt, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---…
2023 YLR 2503 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAFEEZ AHMED VS State Ss. 302(b), 337-a(i), 337-a(ii), 337-F(vi), 337-L(2), 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, shajjah-i-khafifah, shajjah-i-mudihah, ghayr - jaifah - munaqqillah, hurt, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembl…
2023 YLR 2503 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
HAFEEZ AHMED VS State Ss. 302(b), 337-a(i), 337-a(ii), 337-F(vi), 337-L(2), 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, shajjah-i-khafifah, shajjah-i-mudihah, ghayr-jaifah-munaqqillah, hurt, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---…
2023 YLR 2525 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL RAUF VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 13--- Power to arrest and detain suspected persons---Protection against double punishment and self-incrimination---Detention based on apprehension---Petitioner sought…
2023 YLR 2525 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
ABDUL RAUF VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Power to arrest or detain suspected persons---Habeas corpus--- Maintainability---Scope---Where the petitioner filed a constitutional pe…
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