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2021 SCMR 1485, 2022 PSC (Crl.) 712

State through A.G. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar vs Hakim Zada and

Citation2021 SCMR 1485, 2022 PSC (Crl.) 712
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Criminal Petition No. 6-P of 2015
Date2021-07-08
Judge(s)Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel
ResultLeave granted

ORDER

1. QAZI MUHAMMAD AMIN AHMED, J.--- Respondent was tried by a learned Additional Sessions Judge at Matta, Swat for committing Qatl-i-amd of Mst. Rekhma, no other than his better half; he himself reported the incident to the police on 28.6.2012, alleging suicide , turned out as homicide during investigation; upon indictment, he was sentenced to imprisonment for life vide judgment dated 13.12.2012, however , a Division Bench of Peshawar High Court, Mingora Bench considering the death as suicidal acquitted him from the charge vide impugned judgment dated 10.12.2014, vires whereof, are being assailed, primarily , on the ground that autopsy report conclusively ruled out possibility of suicide as the medical officer noted a complete scar, without obliquity , around the neck, unambiguously suggesting manual constriction of the neck with a ligature, a circumstance that escaped A notice by the High Court and, thus, clamours for explanation from the respondent with whom she spent her last moments under the same roof. Leave is granted to consider , inter alia, the above contention with a view to secure the ends of justice. Send for the respondents through bailable warrant in the sum of Rs.200,000/- with one surety in the like amount, returnable to the Assistant Registrar of this Court at Peshawar , to be executed by the Station House Officer, within a fortnight.

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