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2022 YLR 1 ISLAMABAD
FARHAN MUSTAFA VS State art. 199---Constitutional petition---Suo motu powers of High Court---Scope---Suo motu powers cannot be exercised by High Court under art. 199 of the Constitution.
2022 YLR 1 ISLAMABAD
FARHAN MUSTAFA VS State art. 199---Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court--- Scope--- Effect--- Waiver---Laches---Power of High Court to issue appropriate writ, order or direction is discretionary---One of the grounds on which relief can…
2022 YLR 1 ISLAMABAD
FARHAN MUSTAFA VS State Scope---Principle of governance in which all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the State itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independent…
2022 YLR 1 ISLAMABAD
FARHAN MUSTAFA VS State Preamble--- Pakistan Environmental Protection Act (XXVII of 1997), Preamble---Land Acquisition Act (I of 1894), Preamble---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 199, 9, 14, 23 & 24---Allegations of the petitioner were that…
2022 YLR 1 ISLAMABAD
FARHAN MUSTAFA VS State accountability---Principle--- account-ability is not merely restricted to the public functionaries alone---Citizen who takes the risk of violating the law is not immune because every person is presumed and ought to k…
2022 YLR 112 ISLAMABAD
Syed SAJID HUSSAIN VS EX-OFFICIO JUSTICE OF PEACE/ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE-IX, WEST, ISLAMABAD Ss. 22-a & 154---Justice of Peace, powers of---Information in cognizable cases---Scope---Petitioner assailed the dismissal of his application un…
2022 YLR 144 ISLAMABAD
FARMAN ULLAH VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 381-A & 411---Theft of car or other motor vehicles---Dishonestly receiving stolen property---Bail, grant of---Delayed FIR---Scope---Allegation against accused was that he committe…
2022 YLR 310 ISLAMABAD
ALI AKHTER HUSSAIN SHAH VS MODEL PROJECT (PVT.) LIMITED None should suffer due to any act, omission on the part of court.
2022 YLR 310 ISLAMABAD
ALI AKHTER HUSSAIN SHAH VS MODEL PROJECT (PVT.) LIMITED Ss. 96, 2(2) & O. VII, R. 11---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Rejection of plaint--- Appealable order---Decree---Maintainability---Alternate remedy---St…
2022 YLR 366 ISLAMABAD
QUTAB ALI SHAH VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 408 & 34---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 38---Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant and common intention---Confession to police officer not to be proved--- Bail, gr…
2022 YLR 366 ISLAMABAD
QUTAB ALI SHAH VS State S. 497---Bail---Scope---Where a case falls within the prohibitory clause of S. 497, Cr.P.C., the concession of granting bail must be favourably considered and should only be denied in the exceptional circumstances.
2022 YLR 366 ISLAMABAD
QUTAB ALI SHAH VS State S. 497--- Bail--- Scope--- Ultimate conviction can repair the wrong caused by mistaken relief but no satisfactory reparation can be offered to the accused for his unjustified incarceration if he is acquitted ultimate…
2022 YLR 478 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD MAROOF VS State S. 540--- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 379, 427, 452, 506 (ii), 148 & 149---Theft, mischief causing damage, house trespass with preparation to cause hurt, criminal intimidation and rioting armed with deadly weapons…
2022 YLR 568 ISLAMABAD
WAQAS AHMED VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302 & 201---Qatl-i-amd and causing disappearance of evidence---Bail, grant of--- Circumstantial evidence--- Non-attribution of motive---Effect---Accused was charged for offences de…
2022 YLR 704 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF CHHEENA VS Mst. REHANA BIBI O. XIV, R. 5---General Clauses Act (X of 1897), S. 24A---Power to amend issues---Scope---Trial Court amended an issue already framed by it on plaintiffs'/petitioners' application--- No fresh evide…
2022 YLR 769 ISLAMABAD
Syed IMRAN GILLANI VS State S. 497---Bail---Scope---Bail is not to be withheld as a punishment---No legal bar or compulsion to keep the people in jail merely on the allegation that they have committed offences punishable with death or trans…
2022 YLR 769 ISLAMABAD
Syed IMRAN GILLANI VS State S.497---Bail---Tentative assessment---While deciding bail application, before recording of evidence in the Trial Court, only tentative assessment is to be made by the court and it is not permissible to go into de…
2022 YLR 769 ISLAMABAD
Syed IMRAN GILLANI VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 324, 427, 109, 148 & 149---Attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, mischief and thereby causing damage to the amount of Rs. 50 or upward, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapons,…
2022 YLR 831 ISLAMABAD
DILSHAD KHAN VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd and common intention---Pre-arrest bail, refusal of---Plea of alibi---Scope---Accused was nominated in the FIR with a specific role of committing qatl-i-amd o…
2022 YLR 949 ISLAMABAD
SALAHUDDIN VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 186, 353, 324 & 34---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 38---Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from dis…
2022 YLR 949 ISLAMABAD
SALAHUDDIN VS State S.497---Bail---Tentative assessment---Scope---While deciding the bail application, before recording of evidence in the trial court, only tentative assessment is to be made by the Court and it is not permissible to go int…
2022 YLR 949 ISLAMABAD
SALAHUDDIN VS State S. 497---Bail---Scope---Bail is not to be withheld as punishment---No legal or moral compulsion exists to keep people in jail merely on the allegation that they have committed offences punishable with death or transporta…
2022 YLR 1024 ISLAMABAD
HAMZA SADAQAT VS State S. 497---Bail---Plea of alibi---Scope---Plea of alibi can only be considered by the trial court after recording of evidence.
2022 YLR 1024 ISLAMABAD
HAMZA SADAQAT VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, rioting, armed with deadly weapon, common object---Bail, refusal of---Absconsion of accused---Scope---Allegation a…
2022 YLR 1024 ISLAMABAD
HAMZA SADAQAT VS State S.497---Bail---Tentative assessment---Scope---Court while deciding bail application before recording of evidence in the trial court has to tentatively assess the material and it is not permissible to go into details o…
2022 YLR 1035 ISLAMABAD
TUFAIL AHMAD VS State S.497---Bail---Tentative assessment---Scope---Only tentative assessment is to be made by the Court while deciding bail application before recording of evidence and it is not permissible to go into details of evidence i…
2022 YLR 1035 ISLAMABAD
TUFAIL AHMAD VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 341, 447, 511, 109, 506, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, wrongful restraint, criminal trespass, attempting to commit offence, abetment, criminal in…
2022 YLR 1035 ISLAMABAD
TUFAIL AHMAD VS State S. 497---Bail---Scope---Bail is not to be withheld as a punishment---No legal or moral compulsion exists to keep the people in jail merely on the allegation that they have committed offences punishable with death or tr…
2022 YLR 1046 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD YASIR MEHMOOD VS Syed SIBT-E-HAIDER ZAIDI Ss. 497(5) & 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 489-F---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Pre-arrest bail, cancellation of--- Scope--- Complainant sought cancellation of pre-arrest bail grante…
2022 YLR 1046 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD YASIR MEHMOOD VS Syed SIBT-E-HAIDER ZAIDI S. 498---Pre-arrest bail---Scope---Relief of pre-arrest bail is granted only in those matters where it would appear that the case was registered on enmity/mala fide or where no offence was…
2022 YLR 1046 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD YASIR MEHMOOD VS Syed SIBT-E-HAIDER ZAIDI S. 498---Pre-arrest bail---Scope---Bail before arrest cannot be claimed as a matter of legal right in each case and also it cannot be expected that it would be granted in each case unless l…
2022 YLR 1189 ISLAMABAD
DANCOM PAKISTAN (PVT.) LTD. VS MINISTRY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOM S.35---Cost, imposition of---Scope---applicant/authority sought recovery of costs imposed by Court while disposing of main petition---Validity---Constitutional pe…
2022 YLR 1281 ISLAMABAD
MUDASSAR MUKHTAR VS State S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd and rioting armed with deadly weapons---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Completion of Investigation---Effect---Accused was arrested for commi…
2022 YLR 1281 ISLAMABAD
MUDASSAR MUKHTAR VS State S. 497---Bail---Evidence, assessment of---While deciding bail application, before recording of evidence in Trial Court, only tentative assessment is to be made by Court---Not permissible to go into details of evide…
2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD
NADEEM QAYYUM VS State Ss. 302(b), 365, 201 & 34---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, causing disappearance of evidence, common intention-…
2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD
NADEEM QAYYUM VS State Ss. 302(b), 365, 201 & 34---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, causing disappearance of evidence, common intention-…
2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD
NADEEM QAYYUM VS State S. 164--- Delay of one week in recording confessional statement---Scope---Confessional statements of the accused persons were recorded after they had remained in police custody for about a week---Delay in the recordin…
2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD
NADEEM QAYYUM VS State Extra-judicial confession--- Scope---Although an extra judicial confession is a weak type of evidence, conviction cannot be solely made on its basis but when such a confession is in conformity with the statements of o…
2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD
NADEEM QAYYUM VS State Ss. 302(b), 365, 201 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, causing disappearance of evidence, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reducti…
2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD
NADEEM QAYYUM VS State Ss. 302(b), 365, 201 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, causing disappearance of evidence, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of incri…
2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD
NADEEM QAYYUM VS State Ss. 302(b), 365, 201 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, causing disappearance of evidence, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reducti…
2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD
NADEEM QAYYUM VS State S. 34---Common intention---Scope---Section 34, P.P.C. did not create a distinct offence but lays down the principle of joint criminal liability---Necessary conditions for the application of Section 34, P.P.C., were co…
2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD
NADEEM QAYYUM VS State Ss. 302(b), 365, 201 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, causing disappearance of evidence, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, quantum…
2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD
NADEEM QAYYUM VS State S. 164---Judicial confession, retraction of---Scope---For a judicial confession, whether later retracted or not, to form the basis of a conviction, it must first be tested whether the confession is voluntary and truth…
2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD
NADEEM QAYYUM VS State Ss. 302(b), 365, 201 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine person, causing disappearance of evidence, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reducti…
2022 YLR 1368 ISLAMABAD
MUHAMMAD NOMAN KHAN VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S.406---Criminal breach of trust---Bail, grant of---Involvement in other cases---Effect---Accused was arrested for his failure to return car of complainant which he took for tw…
2022 YLR 1488 ISLAMABAD
BABAR HUSSAIN VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 324, 148 & 149---Qatl-e-Amd, attempt to Qatl-e-Amd and rioting armed with deadly weapons---Bail, grant of---Cross cases--- Aggressor party---Determination---Principle of con…
2022 YLR 1556 ISLAMABAD
State VS QAMAR ZAMAN Witness--- Interested witness---Reliance---Scope---Mere relationship of the deceased with a witness was not sufficient to discard his testimony unless the latter fell within the expression of an interested witness---Int…
2022 YLR 1556 ISLAMABAD
State VS QAMAR ZAMAN S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Contradictions in statements of witnesses---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of his wife and another person by firing---Timings men…
2022 YLR 1556 ISLAMABAD
State VS QAMAR ZAMAN S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay in recording statement of complainant---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of his wife and another person by firing---Statement…
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