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2022 PCrLJN 73 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MEHTAB alias KALA VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If there was a circumstance which created a reasonable doubt in a prudent mind about the guilt of the accused, then the accused would be entitled to the benefit of such doubt, not as…
2022 PCrLJN 73 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MEHTAB alias KALA VS State Witness--- Police Official as witness--- Reliance--- Scope---Police Officials were as good witnesses in court proceedings as any other person, yet some amount of care was needed when they were the only eye-witness…
2022 PCrLJN 73 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MEHTAB alias KALA VS State Ss. 324, 353 & 34---Sindh arms act (V of 2013), S. 23(1)(a)---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his public duty, common inte…
2022 PCrLJN 73 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MEHTAB alias KALA VS State Recovery---Sealing of recovered weapon---Scope---Wisdom behind sealing of weapons at the place of incident was to eliminate the possibility of manipulation of evidence after the recovery of the crime weapon.
2022 PCrLJN 73 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MEHTAB alias KALA VS State Ss. 324, 353 & 34---Sindh arms act (V of 2013), S. 23(1)(a)---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his public duty, common inte…
2022 PCrLJN 74 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAJJAD ALI MAITLO VS State S. 497(2)---Sindh arms act (V of 2013), S. 24---Possessing unlicensed weapon---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Record showed that the present case was offshoot of main case registered under Ss. 302, 114, 148, 1…
2022 PCrLJN 75 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD MURAD VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 269, 273 & 337-J---Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life, sale of noxious food or drink, causing hurt by means of a poison---Ad interim pre-arres…
2022 PCrLJN 77 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ VS State Medical evidence--- Scope--- Medical evidence was mere supportive/confirmatory type of evidence---Medical evidence could tell about locale, nature, magnitude of injury and kind of weapon used for causing injury but i…
2022 PCrLJN 77 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ VS State Witness---Improvements in the statement of witness---Scope---When a witness improves his version to strengthen the prosecution case, his improved statement subsequently made cannot be relied upon as the witness has i…
2022 PCrLJN 77 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Circumstantial evidence--- Scope---Circumstantial evidence, in a murder case, should be like a well-knit chain, one end of which touched the dead body of the deceased and the other the neck…
2022 PCrLJN 77 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ VS State S. 302(b)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Confessional statement of accused---Scope---Accused were charged that they in furtherance of their…
2022 PCrLJN 77 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ VS State Last seen evidence---Scope---Last seen evidence is merely a circumstantial evidence, and is a weak type of evidence, which alone could not sustain the weight of a capital punishment, and will require other independen…
2022 PCrLJN 77 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery of weapon of offence from accused---Reliance---Scope---Accused were charged that they in furtherance of their common object, due to dem…
2022 PCrLJN 77 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If the prosecution failed to discharge its obligation and there remained a reasonable doubt, not an imaginary or artificial doubt, as to the guilt of the accused person, the benefit of…
2022 PCrLJN 77 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ VS State Confession---Judicial and extra-judicial confession---Scope---Judicial and extra-judicial confession could be made sole basis for conviction of an accused, if the court was satisfied and had believed that it was true…
2022 PCrLJN 77 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Last seen evidence---Scope---Accused were charged that they in furtherance of their common object, due to demand of return of borrowed amount, c…
2022 PCrLJN 77 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ VS State Supplementary statement---Scope---Any statement or further statement of the complainant recorded during investigation by the police would neither be equated with FIR nor read as part of it, therefore, subsequent supp…
2022 PCrLJN 77 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ VS State Sentence---Severity of offence--- Effect--- Courts must never be influenced with severity of the offence while appreciating evidence for finding guilt or innocence because severity of an offence could only reflect up…
2022 PCrLJN 78 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
LIAQUAT ALI ABBASI VS State Ss. 22-a(6)(i) & 22-B---application for registration of case before Ex-officio Justice of Peace was allowed---Scope---Record showed that the proposed accused being SHO and his subordinates apprehended the private…
2022 PCrLJN 80 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
GUL HASSAN alias GULAN VS State S. 302(b)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Confessional statement of accused---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of two persons---Record…
2022 PCrLJN 80 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
GUL HASSAN alias GULAN VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Last seen evidence---Accused was charged for committing murder of two persons by dagger blows to grab their money---Record showed that d…
2022 PCrLJN 80 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
GUL HASSAN alias GULAN VS State S. 302(b)--- Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Chance witness---No justification for being present at the place of occurrence---Accused was charged for committing murder of two person…
2022 PCrLJN 80 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
GUL HASSAN alias GULAN VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Delay of about two days in lodging the FIR---Effect---Accused was charged for committing murder of two persons by dagger blows to grab money---First Informa…
2022 PCrLJN 80 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
GUL HASSAN alias GULAN VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of weapon of offence on the pointation of accused---Reliance---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of two persons by dagger blows to…
2022 PCrLJN 81 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Syed NIZAM MOHIUDDIN RAFAI VS State Ss. 409, 420, 468, 471, 34 & 109---Criminal misconduct, criminal breach of trust by public servant, cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, forgery for purpose of cheating, using as genuin…
2022 PCrLJN 81 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Syed NIZAM MOHIUDDIN RAFAI VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Prosecution is bound to prove its case beyond any shadow of a doubt---If any reasonable doubt arises in the prosecution case, the benefit of the same must be extended to the…
2022 PCrLJN 81 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Syed NIZAM MOHIUDDIN RAFAI VS State Ss. 409, 420, 468, 471, 34 & 109---Criminal misconduct, criminal breach of trust by public servant, cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, forgery for purpose of cheating, using as genuin…
2022 PCrLJN 81 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Syed NIZAM MOHIUDDIN RAFAI VS State Conviction---Principle---No one could be convicted on mere suspicion---Strong corroboration and material evidence are required to convict the accused.
2022 PCrLJN 81 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Syed NIZAM MOHIUDDIN RAFAI VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---any reasonable doubt arising out of the prosecution evidence pricking the judicious mind would be sufficient for the acquittal of the accused.
2022 PCrLJN 83 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAJJAN CHACHAR VS State Ss. 302, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Improvements made by the complainant---Scope---Accused were charged for committing…
2022 PCrLJN 83 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAJJAN CHACHAR VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---Prosecution was under obligation to prove its case against the accused person at the standard of proof required in criminal cases, i.e. beyond reasonable doubt standard, and could not b…
2022 PCrLJN 83 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAJJAN CHACHAR VS State Ss. 302, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt--- Accused were charged for committing murder of the brother of complainant by firing…
2022 PCrLJN 83 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAJJAN CHACHAR VS State Ss. 302, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly--- Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Chance witnesses---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the broth…
2022 PCrLJN 83 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAJJAN CHACHAR VS State Ss. 302, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Night time occurrence---Source of light---Scope---Accused were charged for committi…
2022 PCrLJN 83 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SAJJAN CHACHAR VS State Ss. 302, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Crime weapon was not produced---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder…
2022 PCrLJN 84 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
IMRAN HUSSAIN alias MAMA VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 164---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Dela…
2022 PCrLJN 84 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
IMRAN HUSSAIN alias MAMA VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Defective investigation---Scope---accused was char…
2022 PCrLJN 84 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
IMRAN HUSSAIN alias MAMA VS State Witness---Presence of witness at the spot was doubtful---Scope---Once there appeared a single doubt as to the presence of witness on the crime spot it would be sufficient to discard his testimony as a whole…
2022 PCrLJN 84 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
IMRAN HUSSAIN alias MAMA VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay in sending the crime empties for analysis---…
2022 PCrLJN 84 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
IMRAN HUSSAIN alias MAMA VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Safe custody of the weapons at police station and…
2022 PCrLJN 84 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
IMRAN HUSSAIN alias MAMA VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---accused was charged for committing murder of the f…
2022 PCrLJN 86 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ASGHAR ALI VS State S. 497---Bail---Scope---Every accused would be presumed to be blue eyed boy of the law until and unless he may be found guilty of the charge and law cannot be stretched upon in favour of the prosecution particularly at b…
2022 PCrLJN 86 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ASGHAR ALI VS State Ss. 497& 103---Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Bail, grant of---Non-association of independent witnesses---Further inquiry---Scope---Accused was alleged to have been…
2022 PCrLJN 86 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ASGHAR ALI VS State S. 497---Bail---Scope---Mere heinousness of crime will not disentitle accused from concession of bail when ultimate conviction, if any, can repair wrong caused by the mistaken relief granted to him; however, if after len…
2022 PCrLJN 87 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
ASAD VS State Ss. 497 & 156-C--- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 342, 376, 337-A(i) & 34---Wrongful confinement, rape, shajjah-i-khafifah and common intention---Mandatory DNA Testing in rape cases---Bail, grant of---Scope---Further enquiry---…
2022 PCrLJN 89 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SHAHID AHMED VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 380 & 454---Theft in dwelling house and lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment---Pre-arrest bail, grant of---Further inqu…
2022 PCrLJN 89 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SHAHID AHMED VS State S. 497---Bail---Lesser sentence to be considered---Scope---Standard of law that on the off chance that sculpture conveys two punishments, at that point the punishment which is lesser one and is preferring to a blamed o…
2022 PCrLJN 89 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
SHAHID AHMED VS State S. 161--- Examination of witnesses by police--- Scope---Announcement under S. 161, Cr.P.C., is anything but a meaningful bit of proof however it very well may be utilized for repudiating proclamation of witness.
2022 PCrLJN 91 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
MIR AFZAL VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Prosecution case was that 40 bundles of charas, weighing forty kilograms were recovered from the truck of the accused persons---Record showed that Investigati…
2022 PCrLJN 93 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
NOOR AHMED JAVED VS Mst. LAIBA S. 338---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 365-A & 34---Anti-Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7--- Kidnapping or abducting for extorting property, valuable securities, common intention, act of terrorism---Tender…
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