SYED RIFFAT HUSSAIN S/O SYED SHAKIR ABBASS & ANTHR (Appellant) VS THE STATE (Respondent)

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CERTIFICATE OF THE COURT IN REGARD TO REPORTING

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HIGH COURT OF SINDH

Composition of Bench +f./D. B.

Mr. Justice Mohammad Karim Khan Agha, M" I,-.. -L * t( i--J;- H orrn'rr -t-..-.ro

Date(s) of Hearing: .l c1 i Decide on: 21 . a'1: -2079

(a)Judgment approved for reporting: Yes

CERTIFICATE

Certified that the judgment*/order is based upon or enunciates a principle of taw */ decides a question of taw which is of first impression / distinguishes / over rules ,/ reverses / explains a previous decision, * strike out whichever is not applicable

NOTE (i) This slip is only to be used when some action is to be taken (ii) lf the slip is used, the Reader must attach it to the top of the first page of the judgment.

(iii)Reader must ask the Jud8e writing the.Judgment whether the Judgment is approved for reporting,

(iv)Those directions which are not to be used should be deleted.

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Syed Riflat Husain S/o Syed Shakir Abbas l\4 uslim, adulr, rcsidenr of G-7/2 Jaiob lines, Lines nrea, Karachi Prcscntlv confincd at Central .Jail l(irrachi

.il Azlrar I Iusa in S7o N au shaci I lr.rsairr Mrrslitn,a(lrtlt. rcsidcnl ol A 3 ,\rinan (ienr.r Rlo('k ,'.

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Certilied copy of the Judgment dated 2l-O3-2O18 is filcd as annexurc "A"

FACTS

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CRIIvIINAL APPIIAL UNDER SECTION 25 OF

ANTI .TE]I,RORISM ACT 1997

f3cing :,r.ggIrcvccl itn.l .lis$illisfiecl irv lhc Judgnlcrll cLal( (l .] i r.l - .r i3. passed o, :l_.. '\irrr lcrrorisnl (;{)Ltll No- X\rll, iiartlclr ' iIr, lj, rcl)r tlrr iIppcllartrs lttrrcill rvctc ( olrrictctl rrrrdcI secLirrrl 3o.l t) .'1.; I?FrC r,'!r' scctlol) 7-A of ArlLl.-lcrrorisn'l "\cL, l)li'l sr n; n, r',1 r:(rr- :o dl'alh. :rncl ro pa\, conlpcnsation und(ll:'seclir)rr 5,1 I A. in thc srtrr oi lts. lOr:),000,/ c.1clr t'o the hcirs ol tlrc .tc( .ari, Ll as nlso iLlrlhir to lr,iv ilnc oa Its. 100,000i t:ach, Ilr'' At, ,I , r s ht:r'.:r:: rc,sccctlulll prcli:r this :tppcal on Lhc lollolvlrr! E .: .,.r,16r'rr,:rrd.'-

ccltificd copy of the Judgment dated 2l-03-201a \ is frlcd a:i annextrrc "A"

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OFFICE O[ 'IHI] JUDCE AN'TI - T[RTqBE\!!

No. ATC-XVlyK.Drv/

AT KARACHI

t /2018

UIIT NO. X \ IL

dat€d.21-03-2018 o Io,

I he Ilcgistrar.

BEAIICH

I lonourablt- I Iigh Court of Sindh, oat -it).- Karachi l{l6H tLru 0l 5ll er KARAT!il

SUBJECT ITtT bIIENCE L 37.1 C, FP.C IN SPECIAL CASE NO 32q2013____eLp CASI' NO, B-3 27/20t4 l,lll 4 II,/S l8?3? I/34 PPC ' SICTION 7 oI ATA. I997 STIAlIIIJAI}AT) KARACI II Tll 11 STATL Vf:RSUS SYIIl) FURQAN&_8-MER! lJls 2s1a or ATA. 1e97

I have the honour to submit that the below mentioned case has Ireen decided on 21-03-2018 and the accused persons nanrely 1) Syed Furtlarr alias Babaii $/o Syed Hamitl Hrrss.riru 2) Fais.tl lvlehmot)d s/o N{rrharnmarl IbraLiIn, 3) Sye(l Buturab Ali atias Irfan s/o Syed N'lurtaza Kamal have Llccn awaredcd 'lPalh sencentence subject to confirmation by the Honoulable HiBh Court .'f Sllrdh, Karar.:hi U,rS 37.1 ot Cr.P.C:

Sr I lttt xn I'oli(r Stntion I l/( No. L

irl SPTCIAL 4. Sycd l= ,'?0 r4 SHARIIJAUAL) 3O2/ 324/',tA CASE liurqan alias KARACI II

PPC R/W

NO.322l,2015 BalMji s/o Sye(l OLD CASE Hamid l lussanr sEC I ION 7 NO. B- 5. F.,isal ol: AlA. 1997

32? /2A14

Nluhammad lbrahim

6.sled Buhrrab Ali S!'ed \rurtaA Kanlal _l t t, R&Ps of thc above casc has alrea.l-v be.m scnt itr rtt'u '": f ATA, 1997 fo! cQnfirmation of death scntt{rc s or oth{'rwisc ^ll 1l!^ .lrr dge i{nti l errorism a ,,u., 16. \\ Il Klrathi

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH, AT KARACTII

Ct. A.T At'lltal No.t)h Lr 97 ol 2015

Co,iiflnitiolt C!st No 03 L'[ 2015

PRESENT:

Mr l slice Muhan n.l Ksri Khnn AShd .t Kliidn ll

Appellant(s): Syed RiIfat Hussain & others through Mr. Shah lmroz Khan, adlocate & I\'lr' Abclul llazzak, advocate.

Mr. Muhammad Fatooq, Advocate for Syed Buturab Ali.

Respondenl(s): I hc State I hrough Nrr. AIi I Ivder, I ).1' C Date of hearing: 21.08.2019

Date of Judgment: 27.08.2019

IUL) GMEN'I'

II\4 I ILI r..INI Ily this .ommor judgnlcnt, rvt' intend to dispose of the.rbove captioned appeals arisin8 from th!- same judgment daled 21.03.2018, Passed by the Arli Terrorisnr Court No.XVll, Karachi, whereby tlre apPellants were convictcd and scntcnced as follows:-

"Accused persons namely 1) Sycd Furqan alias Babaji s/t) Syed l{amid Hussain, 2) Faisal MehlniJod s/o lvluhdmmad lbrahcem, Syed Uuturab AIi alias lrfan s/o Syed Murtaza Kamal Ltndet sectiott 302(b)li4 P PC Lafi er |enteft?d t{ denth as (Tazir). A(cusedbe ho $ed W ttu N.k ttll their d?ath uith di/cctio,tx tt' p1ry Rs 1,C0,00Or edrh h' the heirs ol the decensed b! uiu ol contP?.nt ttt,, utr 544'A Cl t'C h' defnutt ol Wynott thtit Unlletro s I "ntt l six ,Ionths.

Llnd* Stction t@ of Anti I rotisn Act 1997 etLch a l sentsncaA b Denth to &ch ot.uJi.l uith Jtt. il

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10.Bcfore proceedirrg ink) the rlerits of the .irse, it is noted that thc facts as well as evidence produ(ed bclore thc trial Court find an elaborate mcntion in the imPugned judgnlcnt and the samc lvill

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not be rePro(lttcecl her,'tn ft,r Ilrt' s,lke trI hrt','itv arrt] ,'oitlttr]l trpctitiorr.

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12.In orrr vievr,, the crucial pornt inverlved is whether thc idcntification paradc, whe.ein the appellants !',, ere idontified to Lre shootcrs, is one that can be safely rclied on so as tu uphold the convictions arvarded to the appcllants. ft is a mdtter of record that the complainant had nol tlisclosed.rny dcscriPtion of the culPrits in his statcment nor n'as any present in the F.l.R. The appel)ants lverc not kno\4'11 to the victiur prt'viously or to any other wihless('s

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for that matter. Since no distinguishing features were available at the timc of jdentification paracle, it would make it hiShly doubtfurl that thc apPellants werc correctly Picked out of thc dummies as it leaves the identifier with a chance to falseiy net out anyone fronr lhe crowd. Therelore the contcntioll that llle aPpellants were picked out of the dummies Lrecause thc polict' bc'lievt'd them to bt' the suspects or had to satisfv ulterior motives cannol lre ruled oLrt.

It had bi:en helcl by the llon'ble Apcx Court in the case ot,ldoel Khatr t:. The state (2017 scMR 524) u,hile narratirrt thc imPortan.c of availability of a clescriptiolr by an eye-$iitness that:- "7- Wt ha1)p hcarl the lurwal corns.l tnd So]rt thrcugh the rccold The Prosecution .ast rcsts on E Posiift idetltifia io FruLeriotss and th! lote s;L Scrcnrc I dltarotory reporl uhih stalc* lhat tha bulk\ cusitg srnt to it h tirh |)ur ststeil lo hoile btfl picked uf fon lh. t.ow: stene) ws Jt/ed lron the sanrc plstol (11'hitll it.l,s t(ruxercd -fron Roeet Khan tn nnotho s!) We thtrclorc frnt.rcd to . nsd.r hnth thtlse aflr.ls oj the 2s(. ,4: /E\'r.ls lhe iit' li.iicalio,l J,/o4.'d,rts i,td thtir to.rt.xt tlvfuirtltvt!lne ol l ttu 15slrti :! thrl Ltt: tificatiok ptoc.e.lt ss t,tust be .ncjulltt findkcted Ii Rrnzrn I Lnturot (Allt 19)9 St d 14:)) Pueual, IC, rl.rit ,tS tor the fudicdl Coru iestun.f's Cou/t (thc {t.uryor aI the Iti|h Court of Slrih) held lhat, "Tli r.rolnitiult ofo da@it o/ olher olJender 4l a Prson uha hasnot Prcuiauslq teelt h\t1| is, Ithi LafonnoI!! c e, uhi.h hasahMgs tobr tafu t|,!h a .otlsideralrb anoullt if ctutio , heL\use /,istoL|s arc aluoys tossible i suchRses'lptl* 119, tohtnn 2).ln Alii 1J Slnte IPLD 1967 5C 307) Cot\lclius Cl, toho hnd dciit:errd the iudgnlcnt ol this Coutt, .,Jith relard Lo th? nutlcr of idrntifcatio tl"ran$ hid, thtit, "Th.t t\,nn?ssesl ol'portufiitics fu ahsen'ali,tt ol the culltril r,Itc etltetwlv lt,t;ral.'1he! hutl t:|.arseen hi l)cJi)te Thtv hdtl tti*rLl out thc assaile t nl ihc rt tirra io Wct.s, brt tht'n1 is a tlnr possibility arisi S o')t oI theit stak\ht'tts that tl1.r atrc nssistcll lo do sn h! I'titit shoun the ncrusd ftulo .,rli.r" Qage 3I3E).l lil Pasainr. Siate(PLD 1981SC 142)Dotnh Pnlel L 1!ho had dclt,ered tht irds tent of this Corrt, h\ld that, if a witness h ot Sil'rn a d?affiprio of lhc ussailanl in hit slalenott t!' the Polie atld ii.nliJicntion took plaft.fo orJitc n.t)trths all$ thc,nu o trtouhl, rcatt atainst the ?ntitt prosecution tusr" lpay l45C). h a nutre Ere l iudilDe l of this C-ou/t, lflrun Ashnf r,. Sta,,, (201)l SCMR 424), wh h

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w, authat bt lflilh Muha,nnad Chnudhrv l, tltis Corttl \rc\d lhat, il Ltst bc .nsurcLl that lb klr lifyil{ iuiltrcsses nust "nol see thr tLusil afl?r ttu .otttttti!.sion ,l lh? cri t( till the idenlift:atin patude is held tnnediute\l aLi?r ttu Ntcst of the accuscd p?rsnn! as t:a y astiossiltle" $\aY 435P) ,'i. /r. d(rnrirrifln,'l tfh'51 ir,r,/ nn ,etn"t ,.l dtLtl t"lf,"s r,ir,t,rns:,rrl/r,,ls ithr, i)t ttlt flli d rrr /1rs srr/,rrt)rl tr.,tr,lti uadar s..lir)n 1.i1, CrfC lrfl,'/irrf,irrlr r,rri r.' l],.hnnl,k nSni !l r.,,,,.1r lr. L'sl itltt!ltLt ll tl)t'dlnnl> i ) h. hat il,1t!;ii\l ,tltt r1'.t r rr ritit,\int.,n lut i.litL'i t]"ttt'tilt,(n. it|tr ilt ,tc! thr tut rl tn4,rils N,;/1., {, }r.

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9 As , egards lh? idettil,calion ol ttu nyPcllan ls b,'l'r tht triol .ourt hy ,\'rsir M//,bdol, (PW 5), Sl.tl1?n r Meh Laod ,Ahn6l Kh,1 tP\N-6) tt.l L1re6 MuhnDtui ll'\N-7) thnt kx, ii,lil Ror ,srirl tl,c fft)s., utiun ltr.ouse lh.se a,ilr!5Jrs /ro,? a lr], pr nI ap!)no ies ta ser thttt b4oft thet ttanntc lr .trc,ecortutl l" St lt L' La to'1 (PLD 1985 SC l), the rtriont! iu.lsharIol7thi(hltusLtrtl]Lored ltv Ainal Mia l, the l&ned julse hnd htlJ lhat art id( tilrdlian twrnd. as ne?eisary tuhe lhc lr,ibless onu had a Jle.til1g ilintpsc oJ n nt:cuscd t,ho utas a slrunicr Rs coit}tarcd h nnaccrsrd holhe lritness hnd preL'iousht met a nuitl) of tu],.s qny 25\'). fhe sanicprintiieilt $ ltloutcd n lhp una imous iud lnn'tt of this

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Court, dchtlded b! Nasi AslLnt ZrhiA L ot th? .nsc oI M ne$ Ahnnd t' Str)t. (1998 SCMR 752), in whih use thc abductee had r€muined uith th? abductors lot so.l,lt' li e a'd ot1sa)eral occasio s had sze theirfacrs.l lhePrcstnl tlPeDl .ase the cutptits wrrc rcquied to be ide lifred thruugh Prcpel ide lifaalio proaeediis,. howroer. the na her t,l ../'hih tht iae ifcotiorl Ptu eeiirys 'oe &'Ll cled mise serit'us doubts hs notcd aboo o ltu utdtbiliry ol the ln.?ss. Thl, identifcolion ol ttu appellakls h .aurl by qe-utilnesses who htld s?"n the .ullits le?tiryly ont u'L'tkl bt i .onsEua lial."

Similar vietr had bcen taken by the Hon'ble APex Courl in the case ot Miat, Sohtil Ahmed tt. The State Q0'19 SCMR 956).

13, 5o far as the identi(ication Parade of the aPPell.rnts is concerned which was hetd aftcr 20 days of their arrest .lnd 2 and a half months after commission of tlre incident through P.W Ahmed Ali, who's namc had not been disclosed during investiSahon proceedin5ls by any of the witnesses. but has been rntroduced at the time of conducting the idcntification paradc before' the magistrate. Even otherwise, hc has not bcen ex.rmined b)' the prosecution and has been given up. The Presumption wotrltl be that if he would have been examined, he wottld not have supported the Prosecution case. Iurthermorc, the menro of identification test.loes not contain the namc of the comPlainant, witness. mashir and C.N.I.C numbers and addrcsses of lhe dummies, neither in memo of identification paradc nor in the list of dummies. Thereforc. it is our {irm bclief thdt the same was not carried out while follorving thc guidelines as iotte(l (lowt1 in IIlc case larv reported as Kartuar Atwaar Ali (PI'D 2019 SC 4lt4) wl-rich are reproduced as follows for tlre sake of conveniencci- "3. Befoft pl;,li4f uilh this oticr il'e trould lile lo Pootl oul that thr natter of lnkitry ol dilJere t rteps i,, hahlin! oI d Prcpet Iesl idtntificdlio paraile i1 carnetliln uith a trinin,.l .d has dnel frd o\)er fifiy alecades ottd lhc requirenfits t,l such a parade as uell as lhe salegtards lo \tc ensrtid Lluttttg suah a

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and annthar !.'lh. Stfltz (2008 SCMR 302), Gturlon Qadir und 2 ottur\ L Thc Stalc (2008 SCMR 1221), Muhamn*l Aizal ulias Ahd ll,th a d aflolhcr d. Sl,k anil othe^ (2009 SCI'fR 436), Shafqa! Mthmood a d Ltth.rr t,. The Stul( (2011 SCMR 5-17), Sabi Ali alias FaLtji v. The Slat. (2011 SCMR563), Muhammarl Fayltaz !. The Slatc e0'12 SC\4R 522), A.hEt Mdttlood and othrrs:). The Slltta Q0 t7 SCivlR 135),I lakcem tn nlhcrsl'The Stnfe 12017.scr1li 1516) nltl Knnli! Dtn nlirt \nnuln t'. The Stl.t! ( )() l8 SCI\1R 577)

5.l,lc liJicaho of ntuv nc.lsctl Wsu s i D a li,rc in on( Xo dunts n tesl ide,ttifi ltittd Nfiie has also fu:ltcnledly b*n hdd L'!t this Court to bt im?ri,!t and il hns hcpn clatilrcd blt this Coutl ott d umbet llnccasiotts thl.l euarv niuseal Pctsotl is lolrt put lo n scparate lest itlntilicalion parat? u Ll a relerenc€ h this rcspecl tnv be |:adt lo lhc cises of Lal Pdsntdr. Th Sldti (PLD '1981, 5C 142), Imft Ashraf aid 7 olhcts t'- Thc Sldle (2001 SCMR 420, Ziaulloh aliis laii a Tht' stolc (2008 SC M R 1210), Barha V:lt l.'I'hc Sttlt Q010 SCMR'1789), Shut'rytl Mclrrtrood n d othrs 1). The St t( (2011 SCMR 537), GllJn a|d anolh?r r. T lte Stntc (2017 SCNIR ll tl9), tlakeeut anLl t /r.l: 11. T/resldl. (2017 SCMR 1516) i Kitinl Dn rlilt Kilnttln r. Thr Stntr t 2018 :tt^MR 577 ) "

14.Conclusively, it is hcld thnt thc rdentific.tion p.rrade, suffering frorr irre6;ularities and illegalitics, cannol lre safcly relied upon to uphold the conviction and sertlence so nwarded to the appellants L1y the trialCourt,

75.Coming to theJ.l.T report, the Hon'ble Apcx Courr has been pleasetl to opire in cnsc tilled I'ropin.e ol Pu jdtt through Sec. Putjdlt Pultlic Ptosccution Depaltfle t t,..rothat tt. Muhantnad Ra/iq & othets (PLD 2018 SC 17$ thal "lhc suiil r4tL:trt is atr oltirriotr tfthe ntnbers of the I.l.T, ani it un fu consilercd, al lhr tnosl, as a rupott ls '173 Ct.P C. lt is well-settled by oa) tltat report u/s 173 C|.P.C is iru ltlissible it t'uide ce as laid doutn bll tltis Court in case oJ Saeed M ham,flad Shqh tr anothcru.The Sttte (1993 SCMR550)." llr So far the contention of leaflred D.P.C that the learned tri.1l Cor.lrt has conlrnitted lrregul,rritics by not recdlling and rc-

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examinin6 the P.W 1& 2 narnely Saad Molrsin & Majid Ulter respectivclv after ftaming of thc amendcd charge, thercfore Prayed that thc matter nray be renranded to thc trial Court Lry sethng aside the impuSned judgment is con(lrned, it has bcen helLl in case oi Abdul Ghatfar v.'Ihc Stdtt ti arothet (2006 SCMR 56) that:- 'tj,\'1r,'ror,.,r',ifitis/r#,i,:tial:r.'nntgukrityl:t1 ,nt lttllin:t, t. s r,rfi,,iir,tr' oi" .,} r,/irirt llr., i|il,r, sini rrFlr'r th tlit lot trl lh' ritulrgt: .1.11, rf th. ttt,i ns I iito ]rs/ri,rl tr!'. tln'n it i\ lnttitit riir i,r'lir,,, 5.17 (i /r.C iu,/ /ln r',,,r.,ii ln,rr ,ixd ::. rl )/ir /),rss.rl n! it irt !.titi,ln].,i,rrol l,r,,rl,r'rs.,l d tl tt,tt't,t 'tu't tik' Lrr,/,.lr,r,i irrrs ,r,rl ,,rr-nti ,ri !iL lt tii n,tLl t ,', !t, /,ii.'r rr,, ,rrr,J t;,. /n',rfirj.i,,,nlir.1rlii,lir.r,,r(rt,'//i.'r,..dsr,,,r!/n'rtiittui),f)11s!t,t nt lllxt tt th ctpln tijit b rrctior 5ii, Cr.l't-. it,r). r il! nr ni ilnt n,ti.t\n, L.d!!A!l 'L tl l.t,tr rttt::

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l7 I lre lirrv rlc,velirlrrl in otrr r:rrrrrlry is b.r.ed Lrn tlrd rrrn\irrr tl1.rt ll is bplt.r llr.rt ter\ iluilt\'fierst)f! lre.rtqui hJ r.rllrrr than orrc ir)n.tr_cnt per'on is.or)\'icicd, trler'.,t1c(, ilt tlr is r.t.rr!l tr.rv rr,sfrc.ifrlllv lre prl.rce.l orr lhr' ..1sc la\{ titlpd l'r. Slrl. i,. itlusltlaq tlh, nd (Pl.t) ,97.1 5C 1ln^) ancl l(lrali/ ltltltnrooi t,.7ht Stnte (2011 SCMII 6bl).

l!hrle partirrll, rve fecl c0rrr|r,llctl to also,rcld th.rt lh. term 'lr5I;r', slrall Irtrt starrrl s,rlisfrcd Lrrlless ,rt the end arl thL'da\ /lrllr i,: 7r,rj_[,r/r,,1' lrec.ru"!e iusti.(, is nc,t rneant hrtollo\\ thcdottedlint,is)orprosr.(utr(i11 ()r deten(r h!t is the nnr)rr ttt linlity tlt, lf!/r/r'. Li,Lulr c.rn neithrr s!r'ipe oll (r tr.,ir a.tllrn{fr(irrr thr,r'y( of r !i.tim n()r it..rt hririg"l sinSle nlonlrlrt L)t lrbcrt)'bacL t(rt !rhrih .r11 .tLcuscLl other!\'is. lr,ns entitle(1. The Coull is lloFrll a,1d bclrovcrl kr hold lh. scnle ()1 lusti.e stronglv u,ithoLlt h.iriil rnfluencrd r.vith sorror.v ul ,r victim 0r h.itlollsness ol .in alleail lirnr. No LlouLrt, c(,nvi.lion is orrc ol thc ttvo scnl( s of C,1,rrrl,

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Adntinisl'ioliofi of luslicr, but it shall ncver over-wej8h the s'alc of acquittal ur ess all reasons of law and juclicial logic deny thc acquitlal bec:'usc the whole structure of Criminal Administlation o[ Iusiicc revolvcs arounJ thc golclen princiPle ol bencll of douht and thc Principle ()l benefit 0f doubt only fulfils itr' meaning when thc PrinciPie laid &'wn h MLshtaq Ah'i.nd's kuyn) is lollowei.l.

'18. Hor what has becn disculised atove, the Pro6ccuti()n lras miserablv failed bo provc its casc a8ainst the appcllants bcyonrl any shadow of (loubt. Therefore, the above captioned aPPeals ate allowed, the convictiun and sentence awarded to thc aPPellants 15 set aside and they are acquitted of the charge while extendinli benefit of doubt to them Thcv be relcased forthwith il not required in anv other cush)dv casc lhe r'fcrcnce made by the hial court for confirmatiorl of death sentcnces is dnsraercd in the riagatrve ,z€ kk7 f,d-

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Illohar/]fn d Kai//. Khdt ASha I I havc had thc Privilcge to 8o through the iudgment authored by my learned brother .1nd a r in col]iPlcte agaeemenl with the same and hcnce I have signed it. I i{('uld however like t(1 add a separate note lo cmPhasize the issue.on(crninS tlx'reman(l of lhe.ase ba.k to the trial .(!urt which l1as beerl ablv (lealt with ln thc iud8Nent and which was grcatl]'insistcd uPon by learnccl Dt'G

2.The background to thc Dt{ sceking remand oi the caE' to the trial court for re recording the evidcnce of I'!V's I and 2 is th.rt alt€r lhL' Iraming of the chalge the evidence ol P1V's I and 2 lvas (omPletcd. The chargc was re franted as an amended charge alter one ol thc absconding a.cuscd ioined the trial but the evidcnce ot lrw's 1 al1d 2 was not re recorded befoic either thc earlier absaonding accused nor his.ounsel who had n(,w,oine(l th€ trlal an(l thus he had o oPPr)rtunitv k' i:ross txarnjnL' these witnesscs whose evidcnce rvas relie(l uPon b)'thc trial courl in thc impugned iudgment !r'hich .onvi(ted nll the apPcllants.

3.lr a capital casc such as this iI a witncsses evidcn.L' ir rlot recor(l('d in the presen.e of the counscl of the ac(used or a aounsel aPPornted lor

him by the court in the absence oI his ol'+'n counsel this will usually iustify thc rcmand of the cas€ back to the trial court for the rcrecording of thdt witnesses evidence in (ront of thP a.cused and his couns€l lvho wcrP absent at the original trial

4.S.23r of the Cr.l{, which was relied uPon by thc Dl'G to iustify the remand of the case, also Provides as under;

"5.231-Reaall of witnesses rahen charte altered Whenever a chargc is altered or ad(led to try tho court altcr thr' .ommc;ccment of thc trial, the Prosecutt,r .rnd thE a(cuscJ shall be;rlloweLl to rccall or rcsummon, alld examine wilh reference to such alterati()rr or addition, .ny witness u'ho may havc b€ln examined, and also to call any furthor witness whom the Court mav think to l)e rrr.rtcrial "

5.For assistaffc and ease ol rc[crence the oriSinal charge and amended charge are sel out below.

The original chargc framed on 01-ll-2014 reads as urrcler' =EAnG!.

That on 27.02.2014 at about 2200/2215 hcxrrs at Careebaba(l under pass nedr I5-O l'ctrol PumP, Sir Shah Suleman Roarl you accused Syed Rilat I lussain, Azhar Hussain, Sye(l Euturab @ Irlan, Sycd !.1isal Mehmood anrt SleLl Furqan ta) Babaji Lluly arnred wilh Pistol tame on motorcycles madt firing upon Muhanlnlad Faisal and Muhammad Saad seale(l in Cat Registration No.AfZ419 "Suzuki Cultus" colour White with intenhon to (ommit tlteir nlurdcrs with solc obje.t to create reliSious and se(tariarr vi()lcnce. ln the result, *'hereof Muhammad Fdisl and lvtuhaNDlad Sand hacl received serious iire arm iniuries arrtl bi,th v!'crc takcn to Abbasi Shahped Hospital where MulL'nu dd Faisdl su(umbe(l to his injuries, lly abovc act you had creatcd te.ror, panic, serrse ot fear arrd insccurity in thc Public and section of communitv. Thcrebv, vou have committed an offence punishable U/s.7(l )(aXc) of A I A, 1997 R/$' Section 302/324,/34 Prc and within lhe cognizancc ol lhis €ourt And I hereby direct that you be tried by lhis (lourt on thP above said charge."

the arnended charge framed on l7-ll-2015 rcads as un(k'ri A]\lLNDIt) CI I,\ R(] E "l Akhlaque Ilussain Larik, lud8e, Anti-Terr('rism Court No.VII, Karachi, chargc you, .s follows:

That on 27 02.2014 at ab\tfi 221)ll/2215 hours al Careebatr.rd under pass rcar PSO petrol Punlp, Sir Shah Suluman Rond you accused S)ed Rifat Hussain, Azhar Hussain, Sletl Buturab alias lrfan, Syed Farsal Mehmootl, antl Sr ed Furqan,

alias Babji alongwith absconding accuscd S)'ed Abbas Raza Zaidi & i{aza duly armed with Pisiol came on motorclclc rnatlc firiru on Muhammad Faisal and Nluharnnrad Saad, who were in ur bearirrg rcgistration NoATZ/419 with intention to corftnit their murders for sectarian reason, as a result of which they rec!'ived fire ar r iniuncs nnd lverc taken lo Abbasi Shahced I Iospital, where Muhamrnarl Faisal succunrbcil to irljurics in hosPital. Thcrebv vou have committed an olfence punishablc us.7(a) of ATA, within the cognizance of this Ci)urt.

And I hereby directed that v(nr bc triPd on lhe said chnrgc."

6.Hen.e as a malter of law thc casc Prima facie should be remandetl to the trial court for at least the re iecording of the evidence of PWI and 2 in the presence of all the accused and their counscl and indeed thls was one of the main arguments of the DPG The queflti()n therelore ariscs if there can lre any ci(umstanccs vvhich might in o\ccPtionil situatrons baseil orr the particular facls and circumstnnces ol the case lvhich miSht justily this law not bcing followed by the.ourt

7.Betore pr$eedin8 furtlrcr I lvould Point out that I fully concur wrth the princiFle that in a caFital case where a Person's life is at stake all procedural safegua(Js which an accused is entitlcd to Dlusi be il'dlousiy saleguarded ard cnsured arc nradc available to him esPecially with the inclusion of Article 10(A) in the Constitution.

8 lt is weli known that the accuscd is rcgardcd .1s thc favaro.i child of the li|w and that in nearly all criminal trials lhc onus lals (xr the prose.ution to Prove lhc casc against him beyond a reasonablc doubt Ihus. if the appellants sought a rcnrand bas€d on lh!' rce,rario wfiich art)* in this ca$e then the courl should remand the cas€ or even if the aPPcllants aounsel did not request a remand the case should bc rcr andcd especi.rlly if the accused had been convicted at first instance and the cvidcnce against him prinra facie appeared to be strong then again the court should remand the case in ordcr to Protect thc accused right to a fair trial.

9.To my mind however thc casc should not b,c autontaticallv remanded on the request of the Frosecution for such laPses h'ith()ut application oI judicial mind by the iudge especiallv if su.h a remand might prejudice the convicts and benelit the prosecution. For examPlc, by giving thc prosecution a chance to fill in any lacuna's in its rasri or make

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its case even stronBer against lht' accuscd/convict or unn'( css'rrilv extcncl the (onvicts time in jail. Much will dcPcnd on the facts and circumslancce of each case dnd no hard and faEt rule can be set down in this regard but I consider that the court does havc dis(retion rvhether ttt remand the case in the Eccnario which arose in this case

10.In this casc none ol the aPPellant's counsel, desPitc bcing aware of the above lapse, wanted thc case to be remanded lor re recording of the evirlence of PW 1 and 2 and all thc aPPcllant's counsel wanted thc casc to be decidcd on the evid€nce on reoril by this court desPite all lhe appellants being convicted and *ntclced to death sincP thev did flot consider the evidence of PW's 1 and 2 to be of Particular signiliralr'c h) the case against thcm.

11.In my view the two PW's who harl not beei re exanined had nd given any evidence which.ould lead to the conviction of thc convicts and was not Particularly relevant kt bring homc a conviction against thc accuscd and thus if the case was r'emanded thc Prosccuti(n by re examining Pw's 1 and 2 would Bet in rny vielv an uniust oPPortunitr to improve their case to the detnmeat of thc accuscd/convicts arld it is (ertainly not the rolc oI the court lo allow the Prostrutiorl ihc Prenlium oI improving its casc especially \.rhen it lvas for thc lrinl .ourl or the prosecution at trial to recall the witnegses for their fresh examination. lhc a(used,/convicts should theretorc not lre Prejudiced at the exPense ol thc failings of the prosecution or the trial court.

12.F:ven if the 2 PW's Savc fresh evidence which rvas the same .1s before this would have no effect on the outcome of thc trirl .()urt judgmcnt or the fate of this aPPcal which evcn takin8 inti) a(rount the evidence oI the 2 PW's who were not recallerl was a care oi acquittal ,s found by us. Thus, by remandi[g tlrc case would have again Preiudi(cd the accused/convicts as they would have sPent Possibly a furthcr year 'rr trvo morp in iail while thcrc trial rvas completerl and tlefore their aPPcal was heard by this court with the same result as wc lravo foun(l in thas judSment which is an acquittal.

13.L:ver! ollErwise based on the particular lacts itnd .ircumstances of the case in my view the language of 5.231 as sct out abovc dtl not call for t

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rcmanding the.ase as the am€ndcd chargc was essentially the same as the original cha!8c in that hardly any alteration or additknr of an!' substan(t! o! relevance had Lcen made to the amended charge as can t'e seen bv .l comparison o[ thc wording in the original charge with the wording in the amended charlle as set out earlier in this noie so thc I'W's evidence woul(l have most likely bctn the same anti no cross examinati('n would have been rcquited by the delense counsel who rvere tltPriverl lheir right i)f cross examination at the oriSinal trial since thcir cvidence was nt)t particularly relevant for their conviction and cvcn none oI the otll('r accused $'ho wele Plesent choose to closs examine tither of the PW's wh(r had complet€d their evidence Lrefore the chargc was amended. lhus, overall? remanding the case at the insistence of the Prosecution would IHve had either two results (a) bein8 Preiudicial to thc accused/convicls or (b) being a pointless excrcisc t^/hich would only have lead thc accused/convicts spending morc timc in jail before their ultirnate acquittal on appeal which in my vie*'rvoukl not have met lht ends r), iustice. fhe c.sc oI Abdul Ghafiar (Supra) as citctl in the iudgmcnt is also aPPlicablc basc(l on the facts anJ cllcumslan(es (,f this case

14.lt may be that a judge is a neutral umPirc who is not to favour anv party but in my view in a criminal case the judge should steP in if tdrdl is contemplatcd by thc prosecution rrill help strcngthci thcir/case aftcr rl has been closed to the detriment ol thc accused/convicts. In the case of Muhammad Nacem v The State (r'nr€ported) dakd 10.05.2019 in Criminal Appeals 81-L and 82-L of 2017 lhe supreme court held as undcr.

"ln dn adversarial syslcrn the rrle t>f the iutll;e is that ot. neutrdl umpire, unroffleil by emotions, n irr(llit'is t(, enst'rt' fnir trial between thi! proscruiion and (hc delen.e on t|c bnsis oI the eviden.e l,r'lore it. The jud[!' should not enk r the arcna so as to appear that he is takinl! sides. The corrrl cdnnot allow on€ of the parties to fill lacunas in their cviden.e or ertBnd a second chan.e b a party to imptove their (ase or the quality of the evidence lender€d by rhem. Any su.h steP would larniEh the obje(tivity and i partiality of thc court which is its hallmark. Such favour€d intervention, no matter how well-meanint, strikcs at th€ v€ry foundations of fair trial, which is now recogr zed as a fundamental right under.rrticle I0-A of our C(tn6titution.

ln the present casc thc direction ol lhc lliSh Court f!,r obtaining fresh samples oI the alleged inloxi.atinB substan(e and prepa ng a frcah report ot thc Chenri(dl Examinet z

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.lmounts to grnnting th€ Proseculion 'l Prcmiurrr on its f.rilure to puiup a proper.ase ir the [irst instancc Su(h iu.li.idl inlcr!.trtion is oPPoscd lo lhe adver\arv lrin(rPle an,l offe \i! c to lhc funil.rnrenlal rishl of fair triJl rnd due proress tuaranlecd ulder the Con;titution. Ste trili,rr r' Stntq Paii,la t;t t,. StnI- i\l -\tite 1,. Anrnl A/i". (bold acldrtl) 't5. Of course, as mentioned abovc, if the aPPellants hacl sought a remand of the case the situation would havc bcen differcnt or if for example the failure of one Party not to have the evidence of a PW rccorded in the Presence of his lawyrr tvould hdve disadvanta8cd/ Prcjudiced him csPcrially vis a vis hrs riSlht to cross examination,

16.In short I am of thc view that iudges should apPl)' the law dynamicalty irr criminal casc6 $o thal lair, commonsellse de.isions are made within the four coancrs of the law based uPon the evidence belore thcm without Siving the Ptoscrution any unjlst Premium which ma''_ enable it to improve or fill in the laruna's in its case afl!:r the case hos bee'jl €loscd by Lhc sidc oI the prosccution lo the disadvanlage,/Preiucli.e of the accus€d/convict. Such vi€w I consider fits in with L)nti s.ttled view oi the supleme court where if the Proscrution failed to Put any question to an accused in his 5.342 Cr.rc statement which was relied upon by lhr trial court to convict him the (ase could not be remandcd ba(k to thc tral court. if the appellani obje.ted, becaus€ this would enable the Prosecution to fill in lacuna's in its case to thc dctriment/Preiudice of the accused/convict and thereby Sivinq the Prosecution a second unjustifie(l so called second bite oI the cherf In this resPect ln lhe recent supreme cds. oI NGrat Ali Shah.nd other V the State (unrePorted) dated 21)-02- 2019 in Criminal Appeal No.24-26K of 2018 it was held as under:

"lhc law is srltled l)v n('w that n Pit1, r,1 evrtlette,,t a circumstances rxrt l,ut n) nrr aLcused 1*'rwrrr at iht hlrre irf rc.ording oi his st;t(:rnerrt u rrL'r sci tirrr, 'l42. Cr l'] C (d'rnot bo .orEjdered .rll,,rnst tlre dr ( u\cd Perslln l,r inll thc lrral ln lhc {ase in hanJ through an a(t or omission of the Court a Eerious lncunn in llrnt retntd hnd crePl irrlo the casc of lhe Ptoseculion and the ac(used Persons could not b€ prejudiced on account of the said a(t or omission of the C(,urt. Through lhe impugned iudgm€nt Passed by il the High Court had allowpd thal la.una to hp filled throuth rcmand lo lhe dctrim€nt of the appellrnts. Th€HiShConrt was erpected to hold the s.al€s of justi.e in balance and

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not lo tilt the same in favour of lhe Proseculion' ln this vicw of the malter renrand of lhe crse by the High Court lo the trial (outt !o fill that lacuna to the detriment of the ac.uEed persofls has been found by us to be militating against the intcrests of iustice These appeals are' thcrcforc' ailoweiJ, the irrpugnt'ti iudgnrent Passed by tllc HiSh Court a remanding the case to the trial court is sct asidc' the mirttcr rs remandeJto the I Itgh Court lor dcc'drng the aPPoals filtd by the convicts against thcir convictio|s and scntcn'es on their nrerils on the basis ('f thr cxisting rtrord an'l tn a(cordance with rhe la(,." (bold a(l(led)

17.Thus, bascd on the Particular facts and (ircunrstances of lhis (ilsc anLl the above dlscussion I am o[ ure considcrcd vi!-w thdt this wat .ln ex.eptional case where this €ourt rightlv tlid not remand the case back to the (r ial c(rurt {or re tecording the eviclence of PW'1 an(l 2 t)r l{)r any other L"t po{,ru.

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