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2023 PCrLJ 78 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
JUMA KHAN VS DIRECTOR GENERAL NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU BALOCHISTAN, QUETTA art. 14---National accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999), S. 9---Inviolability of dignity of man---Scope---article 14 of the Constitution is the only guaran…
2023 PCrLJ 143 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL QADEEM SHAH VS ABDUL WADOOD S. 417---appeal against acquittal---Scope---Standard of appreciation of evidence in appeal against the acquittal is quite different---Order of acquittal of accused by a court of competent jurisdiction carri…
2023 PCrLJ 143 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL QADEEM SHAH VS ABDUL WADOOD Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd and common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Appeal against acquittal---Benefit of doubt---Last seen evidence---Chance witness---Scope---Complainant assailed the acquittal of…
2023 PCrLJ 143 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL QADEEM SHAH VS ABDUL WADOOD Report of Chemical Examiner--- Scope--- Report of Forensic Laboratory is corroborative evidence---Conviction cannot be awarded only on the basis of corroborative evidence without substantive piece of eviden…
2023 PCrLJ 143 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL QADEEM SHAH VS ABDUL WADOOD Evidence---One tainted piece of evidence cannot corroborate another tainted piece of evidence.
2023 PCrLJ 143 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL QADEEM SHAH VS ABDUL WADOOD Last seen evidence---Scope---Last seen evidence is generally regarded as a weak type of evidence unless corroborated by other strong piece of evidence.
2023 PCrLJ 143 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL QADEEM SHAH VS ABDUL WADOOD S. 154---Information in cognizable cases---Subsequent statement---Scope---Any subsequent application made during the investigation to the police would neither be equated with the FIR nor as part of the FIR.
2023 PCrLJ 143 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL QADEEM SHAH VS ABDUL WADOOD Medical evidence--- Circumstantial evidence--- Scope--- Medical evidence is only for confirmation of ocular evidence regarding seat of injury and weapon, etcetera but medical evidence itself does not consti…
2023 PCrLJ 164 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
RAZA MUHAMMAD VS State S. 32---articles connected with narcotics---Scope---Whenever an offence has been committed under the Control of Narcotic Substances act, 1997, the intoxicant, utensils, etc., in respect or by means of which the offenc…
2023 PCrLJ 164 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
RAZA MUHAMMAD VS State Ss. 32 & 33---articles connected with narcotics---Procedure for confiscation---Scope---appellant assailed order passed by Trial Court only to the extent of confiscation of vehicle from which heroin was recovered---acc…
2023 PCrLJ 233 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIRA BUKHSH VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 337-D, 337-F(iii) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, jaifah, ghayr-jaifah-mutalahimah, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Ocular account---Scope---Accused were charged for commi…
2023 PCrLJ 233 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIRA BUKHSH VS State S. 34---Common intention---Scope---Once it is proved that the accused persons had common intention to commit the crime, it is immaterial as to what part was played by whom, as the law as to vicarious liability is that t…
2023 PCrLJ 233 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIRA BUKHSH VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 337-D, 337-F(iii) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, jaifah, ghayr-jaifah-mutalahimah, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Statement of injured witness supported by medical evide…
2023 PCrLJ 233 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIRA BUKHSH VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 337-D, 337-F(iii) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, jaifah, ghayr-jaifah-mutalahimah, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Minor discrepancies---Scope---Accused were charged for…
2023 PCrLJ 233 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIRA BUKHSH VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 337-D, 337-F(iii) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, jaifah, ghayr-jaifah-mutalahimah, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Vicarious liability---Scope---Accused were charged for…
2023 PCrLJ 233 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIRA BUKHSH VS State Witness---Statement of minor witness---Reliance---Scope---Rule of prudence required that the testimony of child witness should not be relied upon unless it was corroborated by some cogent evidence on the record.
2023 PCrLJ 233 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIRA BUKHSH VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 337-D, 337-F(iii) & 34---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 342---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, jaifah, ghayr-jaifah-mutalahimah, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Defence p…
2023 PCrLJ 233 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIRA BUKHSH VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 337-D, 337-F(iii) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, jaifah, ghayr-jaifah-mutalahimah, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Statement of minor witness---Scope---Accused were charg…
2023 PCrLJ 233 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIRA BUKHSH VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 337-D, 337-F(iii) & 34---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 40---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, jaifah, ghayr-jaifah-mutalahimah, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Weapon of offe…
2023 PCrLJ 285 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD ANWAR VS State Ss. 302, 147, 148 & 149---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 512---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 47---Qatl-i-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Transposition of statement…
2023 PCrLJ 326 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
DOST MUHAMMAD VS Malik SHAH MUHAMMAD art. 150---Question by party to his own witness---Scope---Witness would not necessarily be declared a hostile witness for the reasons that he was unfavourable to the party calling him and he was not desi…
2023 PCrLJ 326 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
DOST MUHAMMAD VS Malik SHAH MUHAMMAD art. 150---Question by party to his own witness---Scope---Plain reading of art. 150 of Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984, indicates that it is the discretion of the Court to permit the party who calls a witness to…
2023 PCrLJ 326 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
DOST MUHAMMAD VS Malik SHAH MUHAMMAD art. 150---Question by party to his own witness---Scope---Witness who is unfavourable is not necessarily hostile, a hostile witness is one who from the manner in which he gives his evidence, shows that h…
2023 PCrLJ 326 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
DOST MUHAMMAD VS Malik SHAH MUHAMMAD art. 150---Question by party to his own witness---Scope---Complainant was aggrieved of the dismissal of his application for declaring the Medico Legal Officer as hostile---Complainant, prior to the lodgi…
2023 PCrLJ 387 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDULLAH VS State Ss. 302(b), 337-a & 337-D---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 342---Qatl-i-amd--- appreciation of evidence---Defence plea---Scope---accused was charged for committing murder of his wife and causing dagger blow to his…
2023 PCrLJ 387 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDULLAH VS State Ss. 302(b), 337-a & 337-D--- Qatl-i-amd---appreciation of evidence--- Direct evidence--- Scope--- accused was charged for committing murder of his wife and causing dagger blow to his mother---Conduct of the accused had str…
2023 PCrLJ 387 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDULLAH VS State Ss. 302(b), 337-a & 337-D--- Qatl-i-amd---appreciation of evidence---accused was charged for committing murder of his wife and caused dagger blow to his mother---Ocular account of the incident had been furnished by mother…
2023 PCrLJ 449 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIR HAMMAL VS State S. 9(c)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 382-B---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 67 & 68---Transportation of narcotics---Period of detention to be considered while awarding sentence of imprisonment---Previo…
2023 PCrLJ 449 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIR HAMMAL VS State arts. 67 & 68---Criminal cases---Previous good character, relevance of---Previous bad character not relevant---Scope---Unless evidence of good character has been given, evidence of bad character of an accused is irreleva…
2023 PCrLJ 449 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIR HAMMAL VS State S. 9(c)---Police Rules, 1934, Rr. 22.18 & 22.70---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 102---Transportation of narcotics---Custody of property---Safe custody---Store-Room Register, non-production of---Evidence of terms of…
2023 PCrLJ 449 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIR HAMMAL VS State S. 9(c)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 161---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 140---Transportation of narcotics---Cross-examination as to previous statements in writing---Contradictory statements---Delay in…
2023 PCrLJ 449 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MIR HAMMAL VS State Chapt. III [Arts. 18 to 69]---Relevancy of facts---Scope---In civil and criminal cases, evidence may be given of the existence or non-existence of a fact in issue and of facts declared as relevant by Arts. 19 to 69 of Qa…
2023 PCrLJ 558 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mir AHMED VS State Ss. 302 & 109---Qatl-i-amd, abetment---Appreciation of evidence---Natural presence of the eye-witnesses at the spot---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by firing---First Informati…
2023 PCrLJ 558 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mir AHMED VS State Ss. 302 & 109---Qatl-i-amd, abetment---Appreciation of evidence---Absconsion of the accused---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by firing---Accused after the incident chose to rem…
2023 PCrLJ 558 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mir AHMED VS State Ss. 302 & 109---Qatl-i-amd, abetment---Appreciation of evidence---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by firing---In the present case, the nomination of the accused was made immedia…
2023 PCrLJ 558 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mir AHMED VS State Ss. 302 & 109---Qatl-i-amd, abetment---Appreciation of evidence---Related witnesses---Reliance---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by firing---Five eye-witnesses recorded their st…
2023 PCrLJ 558 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mir AHMED VS State Ss. 302 & 109---Qatl-i-amd, abetment---Appreciation of evidence---Trivial contradictions and discrepancies in the statements of witnesses---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by fi…
2023 PCrLJ 589 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NASRULLAH alias MOMIN VS State Ss. 302 & 397---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 129, Illustration (g)---Qatl-i-amd and robbery or dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt---Appreciation of evidence---Complainant not an eye-wi…
2023 PCrLJ 589 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NASRULLAH alias MOMIN VS State Recovery of crime weapon---Proof---When chains of circumstantial evidence from safe and secure custody of case property till its safe transmission to forensic science laboratory are missing, then safe custody…
2023 PCrLJ 621 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NABI KHAN VS State S. 9(c)---Transportation of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Contradictory statements---Non-production of sample-bearer---Effect---Accused was alleged to have been apprehended while transporting 22 kilograms of narc…
2023 PCrLJ 655 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL REHMAN VS State S. 376---Rape---Appreciation of evidence---Prompt FIR---Solitary statement---Negative DNA report---Effect---Police party was patrolling in the area where they found complainant who informed while weeping that she was s…
2023 PCrLJ 711 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
FAZUL VS State S. 9(c)---Transportation of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Contradictory statements---Scope---Accused persons assailed their conviction under S. 9(c) of Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997---Co…
2023 PCrLJ 711 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
FAZUL VS State S. 9---Possession of narcotics---Benefit of doubt---Scope---In order to bring home guilt in narcotic cases, prosecution must bring reliable evidence in support of its charge---Even a single doubt in the case against an accuse…
2023 PCrLJ 769 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL GHAFFAR VS State Ss. 302, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Chance witnesses---Accused were charged for committing murder of the mother and sister of complainant by firin…
2023 PCrLJ 769 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL GHAFFAR VS State Ss. 302, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Dishonest improvements made by the eye-witnesses---Effect---Accused were charged for committing murder of the…
2023 PCrLJ 769 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL GHAFFAR VS State Chance witness, testimony of---Scope---Testimony of a chance witness is not accepted unless justifiable reasons are shown to establish his presence at the crime scene at the relevant time---In the normal course, the p…
2023 PCrLJ 769 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL GHAFFAR VS State Dishonest improvement by witnesses in their statement---Scope---When a witness makes an improvement in his/her statement, and the moment it is observed that the said improvement is made dishonestly to strengthen the p…
2023 PCrLJ 769 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL GHAFFAR VS State Ss. 302, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Postmortem examination report contradicting time of occurrence alleged in the FIR---Effect---Accused were char…
2023 PCrLJ 769 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL GHAFFAR VS State Ss. 302, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay in lodging the FIR---Effect---Accused were charged for committing murder of the mother and sister of com…
2023 PCrLJ 769 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL GHAFFAR VS State Ss. 302, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Contradictions in the statement of recovery witness and Investigating Officer---Accused were charged for commi…
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