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Latest Judgments (All Jurisdictions within Pakistan)
BOARD OF INTERMEDIATE SECONDARY EDUCATION VS HAFIZ AHMAD SUFYAN
Summary: Summary pending.
MUHAMMAD YOUNAS VS SHAUKAT ALI
Summary: Summary pending.
SAFDAR HUSSAIN VS ELECTION TRIBUNAL
Summary: Summary pending.
PIRAN DITTA VS THE STATE
Summary: Summary pending.
MUHAMMAD AYUB BUTT VS THE STATE
Summary: Summary pending.
MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE VS THE STATE
Summary: Summary pending.
NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN VS MESSR A Y INTERNATIONAL
Summary: Summary pending.
SYED KARIM VS ANTI NARCOTICS FORCE
Summary: Summary pending.
MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN VS THE STATE
Summary: Conviction upheld----(a) Penal Code (XLV of 1860) – S. 302(b):
Murder—Conviction and sentence—Scope—Appellant was convicted under S. 302(a), P.P.C. for committing the murder of the deceased and was sentenced to death by the Trial Court—Appeal filed by the accused challenging his conviction, along with Murder Reference seeking confirmation of the death sentence—Held, occurrence took place during daylight and was promptly reported to the police—Eyewitnesses present at the scene gave consistent and credible statements—Motive for the crime was established through previous enmity between the parties—Medical evidence corroborated the prosecution's version regarding the nature, time, and cause of death—Failure of the investigating officer to recover the murder weapon from the appellant was found to be an attempt to shield him by shifting liability onto a co-accused—Plea of alibi taken by the appellant was not supported by any documentary evidence and was deemed unreliable—Prosecution successfully proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt—Sentence under S. 302(a), P.P.C. modified to S. 302(b), P.P.C. by way of Ta'zir—Death sentence confirmed—Fine converted into compensation payable to the legal heirs of the deceased, with a default stipulation of six months’ simple imprisonment instead of rigorous imprisonment as ordered by the Trial Court.
----Cited Cases:
• Syed Ali Bepari v. Nibaran Mollah PLD 1962 SC 502
----Disposition:
Criminal Appeal dismissed—Conviction and sentence upheld with modification—Murder Reference answered in affirmative—Death sentence confirmed.
DIRECTOR L DEVELOPMENT LAHORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY LAHORE VS MST NASEEM AKHTAR
Summary: Summary pending.