MUHAMMAD ISHAQUE @ BOBI @ HUSSAIN (Appellant) VS THE STATE (Respondent)

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CERTIFICATE OF THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH KARACHI

\\a Spl Criminal A.T Appeal NO. 10 of 2021 Confirmation Case NO. 04 ol 2021

Muhammad Ishaque alias Bobi

Vs

The State

HIGH COLIRT OF SINDH

Composition of Bench. D.B Mr. Justice Muhammad Karim Khan Agha Mr. Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi

Date(s) ofhearing: 06-09-2022

Decided on : 12-09-2022

Judgment approved for Reporting Yes Lry

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH AT KARACHI

/)t A 97r/cry APPEAL No, \o of 2o2r

Muhammad Ishaque alias Bobi alias Hussain S/o Muhammad Ibrahim Muslim adult, R/o Karachi Presently confined in central prison ...........Appellant

VERSUS

The State....,.. Respondent

F. I. R No.336 of 2014

u /s.302/324/34/ PPC R/W Section 7 AT A 1,997 PS. Zaman Town Karachi

CRIMINAL APPEAL UNDER SECTION 25 ANTI

TERRORISM ACT

Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the judgment dated.14-1- 2021 passed by Anti-Terror.ism Court No.XVI Karachi, in the spl case No. 2614/201-6, New special case No.Z1.4/201.9 whereby convicted the appellant as under:-

al For causing death of the deceased Syed Zahid Hussain shah, Muhammad Nawaz and Muhammad Younus punishable under section 302 r/w 34 PPC the accused is sentenced to death on each count; the accused shall be hanged by neck till death.

r :[., For causing death of the deceased Syed Zahid Hussain :, , punishable under section 7(al ofthe Anti-Terrorism Act,1997, the present accused is also sentenced to death on each count with fine of Rs.200,000/- ftwo lacs) each; the accused shall be hanged by neck till death.

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OFI;lCE OF THH JUDGE .i\N'Il-I ERIIORISM COURT-XVl,

(]ENTAL PRISON, KARACHI

JUDICIAL COMPLEX

Datcr,l: 14.01.2021 ArC-XVI/K-DIY / 13 I /2021 Karachi

To, 'NL;.1;ri EO A T'he Registrar, t1 .,. , ,Cf't ' Honourable High Court of Sindh, ,o',- -?I'ltlro>-l Karachi. ,, ,.

I l/ Old Special Case No.261412016 (New 5pG'cial Case No.214/2019)

The State \/ersus

uhammad lshaq @ Bobi @ Hussaln 5/o Muhammad lbrahirn .Accused in custody FIR No.336/2014 Uis 3O2/324/3a PPC, R/w 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act-1997 P.5: Zama n Town, Karachi.

BJECT: REFERENCE FOR CONFIRMATION OF DEATH SENTENCE U/S 374

CR.P.C. IN SPECIAL ABO\/E

CASES.

With reference to the subiect noted above, death sentence passctl bi' the ^.1t'rs i;,, ner-l vieie juclgment dated 1'1.01.2021 ;rgainst accused Muhammad Ishaq @ Bobi @ :tSSarn s/o Muhammad Ibrahim is submittr.cl herewith for confirmation, the sentence of rused convicted as under:

a For causing death of the deceased Syed Zahid Hussain Shah' Muhammad Nawaz antl Niuhammad Younus, punishable under r!

,\ section 302 r/w 31 PPC, thc accused is sentenced to death on each count, the accuseLl shall be hanged by neck till death' T h b. For causing death ot the deceased Syed Zahid Hussain Shah' -r' N{uhammad Nau'az ancl N4uhammad Younus, punishable under -1997, the accused is also scction 7(a) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, sentenced to death on each count with fine of Rs 200,000/- (two lacs) each; the accuse,:l shall bt' h..rn;1ecl bv neck till death

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IN THE HIC H COURT'OF SIND H, I(ARAC}I I

I Spl. Crinrin;rl A.T. Appe.rl No.10 of 2021.

Conf. C.:rse No.04 of 2021.

Prcscnt:

Mr. lrtstice l\lolummad letrin Klrun Alqlta h'lr. lttslitL Ttrlfiqar Ali Sungi,

Appcllant: Muharnmad ishaque ali,rs lJoLri alias Huss.rirr S/o. NIuh.imrrr.rcl Ibrahim throrrgh N4r. Iiashnrat I{lralid, Advocatc.

Respondent: 'Ihe State through N{r. N,l u h.r rrr rrr.rtl Iqbal Awan, Ac'lditiona I l,rosccLrtor.

General Sindh.

I)ate of hearing: 06.09.2022.

l)ate of Annoullcernent: t?.t)9.2022.

IUDGMENT

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(a)fhe accusecl Muhammac{ lshaclue alias Bobi aJi;rs } lussai rr 51o. Muhammacl Ibrahim was convicted for the ofTence u/s, 302 r.1r,r, 34 I'jPC fol causing c{eath of the cleceasc.tl Svecl Zalritl llrrssajrr Shah, Muhatntnael Nawaz and Mrrhammatl YourrLrs lrrrl se)rtenced to eleath on euch count sub.iect to coltiit.nta tj( )n b\r rliis cou rt,

(b)-fhe accused was also convictecl for the oifenr:c u/s. 7 (a) t,f Alrti- fer:'olism Act, l9()7 for causing c{eath of the clccci.rsr:tl Svrii Zahicl I Iussain Shah, Muhamr:rad Nawaz an.] i\4uh.rmrr.r..l Yourrus arrtl sentcncetl to r.leath on each coultt sui)iect l,) ' cor irmation by this court rvith iine of Rs.200,t)00/- ('l'wo l,acs) .

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Shafqat \{ehrnoocl.rnd others r,. The State (201 I S( ].lli J.tl ). Crrl[anr.rncl .rnotlrtr r,,. The Statc (1017 S( \1li IIS()). Muhan.rruaci .,\ltr.rrrr r. IIrL. Sr.,r,, (2()(19 SC \lti 2.3t)), Noor Isl,rnr r,. (] [r.r ni-ur- ll,e h nr.r n arrrl ln()th(.r ( ]ll, I SCi\IR 310), Patoo ancl .rnother. r,,. -I'hc State (20[ \lt.l) ll]sr, trri(t I'en,e:r r,. I'he State (1995 S('\lli lflli). ,\shiq Fltrss.iin \,. l lr(, St.rt(, (l.r .r I s('\lli.tl7), rLl Flafiz IVluharunracl Arslt.rrl v.'I'he St.rtc ll,l I) ltrt): I ,rlr,,r , l2.r).

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merlical evideltce. ln support of his co.te.tions lrc placeel relialtc(,u. tl.trl cases of Noor Ahrned and others v. The State (pLD 2005.KaLachi 177), Niaz-ud-Din and another r,. The State and another (20i.1 SCi\,4Ii 725), Mtthammad Nadeem alias Deenri v. The State (201j SCMR fJ72), Muhamrnad Akrarn Rahi and others v. The State arld others (l0ll S(.N, i 877), The State/ANF v. I\,luhamurad Arshad (2017 Scj\.fli 2tt3), Solat r\li I(han v. The State (2002 SCMI{ 82()), Ghazanfar Ali 3 pappu anrl airotht,r. v. Thc State (2012 SCN4R 215), Chrrtarn Abbas v. The Stare (2()22 S(.t\41{ 1102), Muhammad Zaman v. The State (2007 SCir.[t S1,-]) .rrr.l Muharnmad Waris v. TI.re State (2008 SCMR 784).

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ro prv r, *,i,,r,"",.,i,r"ii,,1),1"ft1 li],1,,;,ll,,.,ii, inVcstigation l\\,(, \.(,.1r, .rlfr,r ],;,],,li:l tho incirlcnt ((llnt, t() l\riii\\ i,l uJ'l: !yihtr.ss ,{rtrir,trtrl traclit,rJ itir.n cio,,,,,11 11.11.., tirt,rr his S. l(rl Cr..PC statt,rnt,nt ryltcre rtrorrlc,l ht: st,ttc(i ih.it jLt, r,ri:i,i t'ecogttizc tlrt accLrsrtl il hc s.rrn, thenr arlairr. f,f,i',,ii l'tf, rt,itness gavc his S.l(.1 ,, . ,,.

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We find however baser-l on tlte perrticular iacts artr.l circun-rstances of the case t]te corl'ecI identilication ol thc appellant by the eve witness cannot be safclv lelicd up()n lr)r the following l'easons e\relt if he u,as plescnt nt tl.rt,tinre oi the incident; (i) even if the ei,e rvitness gitvt: his S.lbl Cr.l,C statement a day aftel'the incir.lent w,hich aprptars.fulrhtftrl hr,. gave no hulia of the accusc(l .rnrl thus hc h,rel no lrcnch nrur]i in r.r,hich to correi:tli ielentiir. tlrt: lpprgll6l11 ;11 .111 iclentification 1raracle. 'I I'rtr ir.lportalce oi a1-r:ar.ly Iulia 1or. ,r con'ect iclerrtific.rtiorr Lre[ore an ielentificirtir)n p.lrarl(' lt.] i been emphasized bv the Supreme Court in the cast ot Javecl Khan V State (2t)17 SCIrzlR 524); (ii) that the e1,c ,,r.itness according to his cvitlenct drew sketches of tlre accuscd one day after the incident through the police r.r,lrich r.r,oulrl lrr: excer'tlingll compelling to letrd to a c()1'rcct itlctrti Iirit t ic,rr lt the accusecl at a later ielentificirtiorr [.trr.rcL: howeve,. accorr-ling to the cvirlencc oi the last lO PW' l2 N.luhamrnt,tl Kharr Quershi the. sketclies rlrawn bv the el,e rvitness tliti not nratch the accus\,(l it't l,(rlitt, custocir,; 1iiitilrr,.,r'c rr itrrr'*s irr his own evir.lcnce statcs that the accuseel rvas shor,r,n to hint in police custodv before thc identification pal.a(ir as \,r.'.rs claimecl by the appellant in his 5.342 Cr.PC statenrl'nt r,vhiclr makes the ider-rtificatiorr parade of no signilic.rtrce.

(b)With no eye witness eviclcnce to the icle'ntity r.vho car.ricr.i lu t the attack tl-re meclical el,iclencc. bccomes i ncorrse.lu r..nti.rl as it c.ur onlv reveal what kincl of u,eapon/device was used .tnel tht,sc.at o[ the injuries of the cleacl antl injurecl. It cannot irleniifl t.lru per.stxr who inflictecl the injuries.

(c)It is notable that tho appcllant confesser{ to the olfencr u hilsL in police custocly hor.t,evcr ltc was not produced lrefore a rn.,tlji:tr.trr.t\, recorcl his confessiorr untler S.'[6-1 Cr.PC tlespritc bciug 1,r111{11sg1{ be(ore a magistrate for .rn icler-rtification paraclt, itnd thtrs rr t, pi.rc., no reliance on his contession alleger'lly macle br,ioro the poltct,.

(tl)No evidence was pr:oduced to establish as to hou,.rrrcl rvhv thc appellant came to be arresteLl in this FIR wherl at that tirut, tl-rt,rc was no evirlence ag.rirrst hiru.

(e)It does not appeal to logic, leason or cor.llllonscrlso tlr.rt thc appellant would confess to such a serious crirle as the I.rrt,st,r.rt or..rc rvhicl'r carried the death penaltv whilst in ;rolice custorlv r.r'ht:n thele was no evicletrce against hiln at the time c;i Itis nrrcrst

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l:1. I:ol ilre rcasons tliscusserl above bv extelt(lir.!l tlt(,i)cnutrt (ri th(, ckrubt to thc, trppell;rnt lrr. is acrluittctl of thc clt.trge, tlrt, irtrp1111111,11 juclg.rtr.rt is set asir.le, lLis appe.rl is;rll.rr.crl, the co^tir.r. ation rrtel.(,l.la(, is,,

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(rr1s\^r(rrerl in tlrr: ncgativt: illr(1 the aPpgll;111 shall bc r,.:leasL'cl utllL'st \\,a11to(l ilr anv other custrrdt'c.rse.

14.The appeal attd coufit'uration reference stancl tlisposetl ol irr thtr abovc ternts.

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