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2021 YLR 969 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD NAEEM VS State S. 395---Dacoity---Appreciation of evidence---Delay of about more than twenty days in lodging the FIR---Effect---Prosecution case was that the accused and co-accused, six in number entered into the house of complaina…
2021 YLR 969 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD NAEEM VS State art. 40---Disclosure of accused before police---admissibility---If recovery was affected on the disclosure and pointation of accused, such information would be admissible in evidence.
2021 YLR 969 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD NAEEM VS State S. 395---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 22--- Dacoity---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt--- Identification parade--- Scope---Prosecution case was that the accused and co-accused, six in number, entere…
2021 YLR 969 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD NAEEM VS State S. 395---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 40---Dacoity---Appreciation of evidence---Disclosure of accused---Scope---Prosecution case was that the accused and co-accused, six in number, entered into the house of co…
2021 YLR 1109 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Mir DOST alias KIRARO VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 345---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Compounding of offence---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of five per…
2021 YLR 1184 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
IZZATULLAH VS State Witness---Minor contradictions in statement---Scope---Minor contradictions in the statement of a witness are to be overlooked.
2021 YLR 1184 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
IZZATULLAH VS State Site plan---Presence of witnesses not mentioned in the site plan---Effect---Omission to indicate position of eye-witnesses in the site plan could not lead to inference of such witnesses being not present---Site plan is n…
2021 YLR 1184 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
IZZATULLAH VS State Recovery of crime weapon---Scope---Recovery of crime weapon is not manda-tory requirement of law but is a corrobo-rative piece of evidence.
2021 YLR 1184 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
IZZATULLAH VS State Witness--- Statement of solitary witness---Scope---Conviction could be based on sole statement of such witness, if found reliable.
2021 YLR 1184 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
IZZATULLAH VS State Witness--- Testimony of related witness---Reliance---Scope---If statement of related witness was truthful, conviction could be awarded on such statements.
2021 YLR 1184 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
IZZATULLAH VS State Ss. 302(b), 324, 147, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Ocular account was corroborat…
2021 YLR 1291 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
TAYYAB RAZA VS State Ss. 375, 376, 377, 294 & 506---Sexual offences, rape, sodomy, obscene acts and songs, criminal intimidation---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Medical evidence---Scope---Accused was charged for sexual…
2021 YLR 1291 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
TAYYAB RAZA VS State Ss. 375, 376, 377, 294 & 506---Sexual offences, rape, sodomy, obscene acts and songs, criminal intimidation---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Recovery of incriminating material---Scope---Accused was…
2021 YLR 1291 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
TAYYAB RAZA VS State S. 376---Rape---Sole statement of victim---Scope---In case of sodomy or zina the solitary statement of victim would be sufficient to convict the accused if it was confidence-inspiring.
2021 YLR 1291 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
TAYYAB RAZA VS State Ss. 375, 376, 377, 294 & 506---Sexual offences, rape, sodomy, obscene acts and songs, criminal intimidation---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Statements of victims---Scope---Accused was charged for s…
2021 YLR 1291 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
TAYYAB RAZA VS State Ss. 375, 376, 377, 294 & 506---Sexual offences, rape, sodomy, obscene acts and songs, criminal intimidation---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Accused was charged for sexually abusing the daughter of…
2021 YLR 1368 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ASMATULLAH VS State S. 540---Power to summon material witness or record---Scope---Petitioner moved application under S. 540, Cr.P.C. for calling Medical Certificate of deceased and for calling an eye-witness as court witness---Trial Court h…
2021 YLR 1410 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of complainant by firing---Recovery of weapon and crime empty---Scope---Record showed that crime weapon i.…
2021 YLR 1410 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Ocular and medical evidence--- Corroboration--- Sentence, reduction in---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of complainant by firing---Record…
2021 YLR 1410 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ VS State Witness---Related witness---Testimony of related witness---Reliance---Scope---Mere relation of witness with the deceased was no ground to discard his/her testimony, if his evidence was found independent and truthful…
2021 YLR 1579 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
KHUSHHAL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Ocular and medical evidence---Contradictions---Prosecution case was that the accused along with his co-accused persons tried to take away two bullocks…
2021 YLR 1579 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
KHUSHHAL VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---any reasonable doubt arising from the prosecution evidence, pricking the judicious mind, would be sufficient for acquittal of the accused.
2021 YLR 1579 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
KHUSHHAL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Night-time occurrence---Source of light---Scope---Prosecution case was that the accused and co-accused persons tried to take away two bullocks of compl…
2021 YLR 1579 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
KHUSHHAL VS State absconsion---Scope---absconsion was not a substantive piece of evidence, it was a corroborative piece of evidence---Where direct evidence failed, corroborative piece of evidence was of no avail.
2021 YLR 1579 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
KHUSHHAL VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If any reasonable doubt arose in the prosecution case, the benefit thereof must be extended to the accused not as a matter of grace or concession but as a matter of right.
2021 YLR 1579 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
KHUSHHAL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of about eight hours in lodging the FIR---Effect---Prosecution case was that the accused and co-accused persons tried to take away two bullocks o…
2021 YLR 1619 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL KHALIQ VS SHER ALI Double presumption of innocence---Interference---acquittal carried with it double presumption of innocence---Such order could only be reversed when found blatantly perverse, resting upon fringes of impossibility and…
2021 YLR 1619 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
ABDUL KHALIQ VS SHER ALI Ss. 337-a(i), 337-F(i), 337-L(2), 427, 147, 148 & 149---Shajjah-i-khafifah, ghayr-jaifah-mudihah, causing hurt, mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unla…
2021 YLR 1696 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MANDOKHAIL VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Ocular account was not supported by medical evidence---Unnatural conduct of witnesses---Scope---Prosecution case was that the…
2021 YLR 1696 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MANDOKHAIL VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of about three days in lodging the FIR---Effect---Prosecution case was that accused and co-accused committed murder of…
2021 YLR 1696 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MANDOKHAIL VS State S. 34---Common intention---Scope---Mere presence of a person with an accused at the relevant time could not lead to the inference that he shared common intention with other---If the prosecution alleged that the offence w…
2021 YLR 1696 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MANDOKHAIL VS State Motive---Scope---Prosecution was not bound to prove the motive, but once a motive was set up then the prosecution was to prove the same---If prosecution failed in proving the motive, it caused damage to the prosecution c…
2021 YLR 1696 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MANDOKHAIL VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery of blood-stained clothes of deceased, blood-stained earth and casing---Scope---Prosecution case was that the accused…
2021 YLR 1696 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MANDOKHAIL VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Motive not proved---Effect---Prosecution case was that the accused and co-accused committed murder of the son of complainant…
2021 YLR 1867 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NOOR AHMED VS GUL AHMED S. 12(2)---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Arts. 117 & 120---Fraud and misrepresentation---Onus to prove---Applicants assailed judgment and decree which was passed on the plea of fraud and misrepresentation---Validity…
2021 YLR 2041 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GUL MIR VS State Motive---Scope---absence of motive was not always termed as fatal to the prosecution.
2021 YLR 2041 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GUL MIR VS State Investigation---Duty of Investigating Officer--- Scope--- Any leverage or concession extended to the accused, being lapses on the part of the investigating agency, would not be termed fatal to prosecution case---If said lap…
2021 YLR 2041 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GUL MIR VS State Recovery of weapon and crime empties---Scope---Recovery of crime weapon and empties was not a mandatory requirement of law---Same being circumstantial and/or corroboratory piece of evidence only tends corroboration to the o…
2021 YLR 2041 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GUL MIR VS State Site plan---Scope---Site plan was not a substantive part of evidence, but being a corroboratory piece of evidence, was confirmatory in nature for lending support to an ocular account of the occurrence---Mere omission to men…
2021 YLR 2041 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GUL MIR VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Accused was charged for committing murder of cousin of the complainant by shotgun fire---Ocular account of the incident had been furnished by five…
2021 YLR 2041 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
GUL MIR VS State Evidence---Ocular account and medical evidence---Conflict---Effect---In case of conflict between the ocular account and medical evidence, the ocular account would prevail over the medical evidence and same being confirmator…
2021 YLR 2132 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD QAIM VS MUHAMMAD WALI alias BHUTTO S. 337-F(v)---Shajjah-i-hashimah---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, modification of---Medical evidence---Scope---Accused were charged for causing injuries on the face of complainant/injured wi…
2021 YLR 2132 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD QAIM VS MUHAMMAD WALI alias BHUTTO S. 337-F(v)--- Shajjah-i-hashimah---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, modification of---Accused were charged for causing injuries on the face of complainant/injured with sticks and fractured hi…
2021 YLR 2132 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD QAIM VS MUHAMMAD WALI alias BHUTTO Chap. XVI [Ss.299-338-H]---Scope---Held, in all cases of hurt provided for in Chap. XVI of the Penal Code, 1860, the normal punishment of imprisonment as Tazir provided for the relevant offence co…
2021 YLR 2182 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
NAJEEBULLAH VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd and common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delayed FIR--- Dishonest improvement---Withholding best evidence--- Related witness--- Chance witness--- Scope---Accused…
2021 YLR 2200 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD AYUB VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence--- Benefit of doubt---Contradiction in the statements of witnesses of ocular account---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of th…
2021 YLR 2200 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD AYUB VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Ocular and medical evidence--- Contradictions---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complaina…
2021 YLR 2200 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD AYUB VS State art. 117---Burden of proof---Scope---Prosecution had to prove its case by standing on its own legs and it could not take benefit from the weaknesses of the case of defence.
2021 YLR 2200 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD AYUB VS State Medical evidence---Scope---Medical evidence could only be used for confirmation of ocular evidence regarding seat of injuries, time of occurrence and weapon of offence used---Medical evidence by itself does not consti…
2021 YLR 2200 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
MUHAMMAD AYUB VS State Conviction---Scope---Conviction must be founded on unimpeachable evidence and certainty of guilt.
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