FAQIRA vs The STATE — 1973 SCMR 532

Citation: 1973 SCMR 532

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1967

Decision Date: 1967-01-08

Parties: FAQIRA vs The STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as 1973 SCMR 532

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Alvin R. Cornelius, Fazal-e-Akbar, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: FAQIRA vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 65 of 1966 Criminal Appeal No. 585 of 1965 Date of Judgment:1967-01-08 Reported As: 1973 SCMR 532 Result: Appeal partly allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT CORNELIUS, C. J.-On a jail petition, the condemned prisoner Faqira was granted special leave to appeal against his conviction for the murder of one Hussaina, to consider whether the evidence on the record was adequate to establish a chain of circumstances sufficiently strong to connect him with the crime beyond reasonable doubt. Hussaina was last seen alive on the 1st October 1964. The date is fixed with certainty, because it was the day before a date of hearing in a theft case against him. His brother Ghulam Hassan gave evidence that Hussaina left their house in village Lal Arain that afternoon, saying he was going to Faqira's place to take him along with himself for the hearing. Faqira appellant lived in village Jajja Abbasian, some two miles away. Hafiz Faiz Muhammad P. W. 12 deposed to having carried Hussaina on his bicycle a part of the way. As they came close to Faqira's house, Hussaina "got down there and went towards the house of accused Faqira". Allah Ditta P. W. 11 saw the deceased on the rear of Faiz Muhammad's bicycle, 'and some days later, when Ghulam Hassan was making enquiries about Hussaina, Allah Ditta gave him this information, which Ghulam Hassan got…

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