Abdul Hassan Vs The State

Judsment Sheet

PESHAWAR HIGH COURT ABBOTTABAD BENCH.

JUDICIAI, DEPARTMI'NT

Cr. A No.l9-A of 2018 uDSArrNI Dareofhearing. .........29.t11/2018...................... Appelhnr ...(Abdul llassun) b1., Syed Il aqas Naqvi, ldttoccttc:; Rc.t1t tndrnt ... t lh! .i'l'LtI( .'I( )

SYED MUHAMMAD ATTIQUE SHAH, J:.

This appcal undcr Section 417(2-L) Cr.P.C is dirccted against acquittal ol accuscd/respondcnts Mir Wali, Said Wali, Mir Alam sons of-Awal Khan, Gul Jchan, Zahir Shah sons of'Jamal and Muhammad Nabi son ol' Akrarn Khan, in casc lr.l.l{ No. 120 dalccl 10.06.2016 undcr scction 30213241506114tt/149 registcrcd against thcm in Policc Station Dobair, I)istrict Kohistan, by thc leamcd Scssions Judgc, Kohistan, vidc his judgment datcd ) Lcarncd counscl lbr thc appcllant

vchcmcntly arguccl that thc impugnctl ordcr ol'actltrittal ol thc lcarncd trial Courl is against thc rnatcrial availablc on rccord of thc casc and thc law applicablc thercto and thc inllercncc drawn by thc lcarncd Scssions Judgc arc

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bascd orr prcsunrption, surmiscs and conjcclurcs; that whcrc cvidcncc on thc rccord was crcdiblc and dcspitc production ol- confidcncc inspiring and rcliablc cvidcncc to cstablish thc case o1 the proseculion, the learned trial Court acquitted the respondents on thc basis of minor discrcpancics, tcchnicalitics; that acquittal ol rcspondcnts through irnpugncd judgmcnt is against thc scttlcd principlc ol' adrn irristration o1' crirninal .jr,rsticc, as thc lcalncd t"rial Court I'ailcd to apprcciate matcrial cvidcncc in its truc pcrspcctive.

3.Argumcnts of learned counscl lbr thc

appcllant hcard and rccord pcrused.

4.l)crusal ol rccord would rcvcal that thc rcport o1' thc occurrencc was lodgccl by conrplainanl/pctitiorrcr Abdul tlassan on 1010612016 at 17.30 hours to thc c(l'cct that at about 14.30 hours, hc alongwith Shcr Ilahadur and Mir Alam was going to Jcjial l]azar lrom thcir house, when thcy reachcd ncar 'Kaar .lcjial', thcy saw Mir Wali P'l'C 'l'cachcr, Mir Alanr. and Said Wali I)'l'C 'l'cachcr duly arrncd witl'r lircarrrs, sittirrg thcrc, who on sccing thcn-r startccl lubLrsing ancl staltcd liring ttl kill thcnr, as iL rcsrtlt ol liring ol Mir Wali. Mil Alam sustaincd iniury' whilc witl.r thc t

liring ol'Saicl Wali, thc conrplainant sustaincd injury orr his hcad, u,hcrcas, Shcr llahadur sustaincd injury on his hcad with thc liring of Mir Alarn. llc lurthcr allcgcd in his rcporl that accused/respondcnts Muhammad Nabi, Zahil Shah and Gul Jchan duly armcd with lircarms and accornpanying thcm, also madc firing to f'righlcn thcrn.

Motivc lbr thc oll'cncc was statcd to bc quarrcl bclwccn Shcr lJahadr-rr and Mir Alarr acc r.rscd/rcspon clc rr t. 'l hc occLu'rcucc was statcd to havc also witncssccl by Shcr '/.aman and Shah Alarn. Mir Alam, injurcd was later on succumbcd to his injuries, whcn hc was being lakcn to Abbottabad Ior trcatrncnt.

5.'['hc occurrcncc was allcgcdly cornmittcd at 14.30 hours on 10.06.20 l(r.07.2015 and thc rcport was loclgccl on thc spot at 17.30 hor.rrs, altcr dclay ol' tl'rrcc hours, whcrcas, thc policc station was situatcd at a dislancc ot'8/9 kms liom thc spot. 'l'hc peculiar lacts and circumstanccs of thc casc would suggcst that thc casc was rcgistcrcd alicr prcliminary invcstigatiorr alicr duc clclibcration anci cotrsttltation and no indcpcnclcnt witncss has bccrr pt'ocltrcccl clcspitc thc l'arct that thc occt'tt'rcncc had lakcr-r placc on a busy t'oacl at 14.10 hor"tt's' l hc star rvitrrcsscs o1' thc prosccution in this casc arc injurcd- t

corlrplainant Abdul llassan (PW-6) and injurcd Shcr llahaclur ( PW-7), who appcarcd bclbrc thc lcalnccl trial Court ancl lirrnishcd thcir tcstimony as cy'cu,itncsses ol' thc occurrcncc. 'l'hc complainanl in his rcport has attribulcd thc rolc of' firing to each ol' thc accused/ rcspondcnts, which resultcd in injurics to a spccilic iniurccl pcrson, howcvcr, this Court bclicvcs that whcn incliscrinrinatc liring is bcing madc by thrcc pcrsons, no onc can clistinguish thcir rolc with cxactitLrdc as to whosc lilc slrot hit to whom. Morcovcr, thc I.O. llazccm Shah (PW-9) has shown accuscd/respondents Mir Wali, Said Wali and Mir Alam al points No.6, 7 and ll, respectivcly, in thc sitc plan (Ex.l'li), howcvcr, ninc cmplics ol 1.62.

bolc wcrc rccovcrccl liom point 'A', which is adjaccnt 1o poirrt No.(r, rvhcrc, Mil Alattt, acc usccl/rcsponclcl lt \\ils slrowrr standing at thc tituc ol'allcgcd t)ccurrcncc atlcl ntr cnrpty was l'ound lrom thc placcs ol- othcr acc usccl/rcspondcnts.

'l'hc prosecution has failed to

rcsolvc this anornaly by producing cogcnt, rcliablc and con llclcncc inspiring cvidcncc, which mcans, that thc occLlrrcncc lracl not tal<cn placc in tl-rc rrroclc ancl manncr 'l hc cnrptics ol'7 (;2 Irorr:

as lllcgccl by thc prtlsccutiorr.

li:covcrcd lion-r thc spot wcrc scnt to thc l'lt'cat'tl-ts cxpcrt

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alorrrlwith lircarrns rccovcrccl liom posscssion ol' ac c Lrsccl/r'cs1-ronclcn ts Zahir Shah ancl Mir Wali, howcvcr', thc rcpolt was rcccivcd in ncgativc. lhc postntortcnt cxanrination ol'thc dcccascd was no1 concluctcd duc 1o thc tradition in voguc in Kohistan. 'l'hc injuries on thc pcrsons ol' injurcd PW-6 and 7, Abdul I lassan complainant and Shcr l]ahadur wcrc not causcd wilh lircarrls, as pcr opinion ol'I)r. Muhanrnracl (iccr'(l'W-l). 'l hLis, thc \/cry prcsuncc ol l)W-(r rncl l)W-7 ort thc spot at thc lclcvant tirnc bcconrc doubtlirl. 'l'hLrs, thc abovc mcntioncd conlradictions, discrcpancics in thc stalemcnts o1'thc prosccution u,ilncsscs would lcad to thc obvious inl'clcncc that it was an unsccn occurrcncc and thc allcgcd cycwitncsscs wcrc no[ prcscnt on thc spot at thc tirnc ol'occurt'cncc ancl thc rcspondcnts wcrc chargcd duc to [rlcv ir,us cnntit,r'.

6.'l hc lcarncd trial Cor"rlt has cotltllittcd ntr crror in acquitting thc rcspondcnts by cxtcnding thc bcncllt ol'doubt. tt is scttlcd that cvcn a singlc doubt, il liluncl lcasonablc, is sLrf'llcicnt to .iLlstily accluittal o[' an accusccl. ln thc abscncc o1'truthlul, tt'ustwot'thy, rcliablc ar-rcl conlldcncc it-tspiring cviclcncc, thc lcarnccl tritrl CoLn't

has rightly acclLrittccl thc accuscd/ rcspondcnts o1' thc c halgc.

7 llrc ALrcx ( otrt't. itt uitsr' title(l '7.uhccr Stttlitr Vs, umnrud I ioz. otlters (20r7 scMIl 2007) has oncc again prcsscd into scrvicc thc goldcn plinciplc ol' prcsurnption ol doublc innoccncc, in thc lirllo"r'ine rlanncr:

" lir.'t,n otlrcrrvise, it is n'ell scttled by not thtrl in crintinul c'ct.ses ever.t'' ttc'c'usetl is innocctll trnless pxtvt'rt .e,uilt.t' ttnd upor't trc'tluitltrl b.v' o u)ttrl (l/ ( otttl)(le tll jtrristlit'liott stu lt ltt tstrrttltlitttr rltttrhles. l/cr.t .;lrong urul cogt'ttl t'c(t.\ott\ (tre ret1Lriretl to dislotlge .tuc'h p'estuttpl irt tt.

l{cliancc in this rcspcct is also placcd on 2017 SCMR l7l0 and 2017 SCMR 1639.

8.Iror thc rcasons discusscd abovc, this appcal bcing ivithout subslancc is disrnisscd in limine' ,t tl (;E

Anno unced. ,t /rry/ UD(;Ii Dt.29/l l/2018.

/* M.Saleern+/ Attique Shah

(DB)I\4r. lusticc Lal .Jan Khattan and Mr' Justice Sycd lYuhamrnad