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Petitioner: JAMEEL & another VS Respondent: STATE
Court Name: Federal Shariat Court Judge(s): Rizwan Ali Dodani, Shahzado Sheikh Title: JAMEEL & another vs STATE Case No.: Crl. Appeal No, 315/I of 2005 and Crl. Murder Reference No, 1/I of 2006 Date of Judgment:2011-08-15 Reported As: 2012 YLR 1174, PLJ 2012 FSC 19 Result: Appeal allowed
JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT Shahzado Shaikh, J.--This Criminal Appeal filed by appellants Jameel son of Muhammad Afsar, caste Pathan, resident of Takia Dehrian Usman Abad, Abbottabad and Muhammad Shafiq son of Muhammad Ashraf caste Awan, resident of Narrian, Abbottabad is directed against the judgment dated 21.12.2005 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Abbottabad whereby they have been convicted to under Section 302(b)/34 of Pakistan Penal Code and sentenced them to death. They shall be hanged by neck till death. They shall also pay an amount of Rs, 1,00,000/- each as compensation to the legal heirs of the deceased under Section 544-A Code of Criminal Procedure or in default thereof to further undergo six months S.I. The sentence of death is subject to confirmation by the Hon'ble Federal Shariat Court, Islamabad. 2. Vide Court's order dated 12.04.2010 the co-accused/appellant Jameel son of Muhammad Afsar, caste Pathan, resident of Takia Dehrian Usman Abad, Abbottabad was acquitted of the charge on the basis of compromise effected between the legal heirs of the deceased and appellant Jameel son of Muhammad Afsar. 3. Briefly facts of the case as narrated by PW Fazal Dad, ASI are that on 06.11.2002 at 0600 hours during patrol duty he received information about the dead body of a person lying in Water Nullah Beeran Da Khatta within the limits of Village Mor Kalan. On this information, he reached the spot and saw the dead body of a young person lying murdered at the said place. He found two injuries on the back of the dead body, an injury on left ribs, one injury on left back side of neck and one injury on head on right side. He prepared injury sheet Ex.PW.17/1 and inquest report Ex.PW.7/2 of the said unknown's person's dead body and sent the same to Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad for postmortem examination under the escort of Imran Constable 143. He also found signs of tyres of
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of the vehicle on the spot. He drafted Murasila Ex.PA/1 and sent the same to Police Station for registration of the case through Aziz-ur-Rehman constable No, 1090, on the basis of which the case was registered, vide FIR Ex.PA Bearing No, 487, dated 06.11.2002 under Section 17(4) Harraba in Police Station, Mir Pur, Abbottabad. PW Fazal Dad started investigation in this case. He dratted site plan Ex.PW. 17/2, with its footnotes and drawings. He took into possession blood stained sand and a dagger Ex.P-1 from the place of occurrence and sealed them in parcel vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.1/1. The dead body was identified to be of deceased Nazar Muhammad alias Naeem son of Khawaj Muhammad by the PWs. He took into possession blood stained garments Ex.P-3 and Ex.P-4 having corresponding cut marks and sealed the same in parcel vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.8/1. He sent the blood stained articles for chemical analysis through Moharrar of the PS vide application Ex.PW17/3. On 09.11.2002 he also took into possession frame of Suzuki No, KH-1499 belonging to deceased Nazar Muhammad alias Naeem with Tarpal and four seats lying near the graveyard in Banda Sher Khan, on the information of PW Ali Asghar to the police on telephone, in presence of PW Muhammad Saleem brother of deceased, who identified the said articles vide recovery memo. Ex.PW16/1 and prepared the sketch Ex.PW.17/4 of the place of recovery. 4. PW Shah Jehan S.I. on 14.12.2002 took over the investigation of this case. Accused Jameel and Muhammad Shafiq were arrested by the Police of Police Station Cantt, Abbottabad in case FIR No, 175, dated 08.09.2002 under Section 17(4) of the Offences Against Property (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979 Police Station . Nawabshehr and in case FIR No, 853, dated 18.11.2002 under Sections 400/401/402/ 411/412/413/414 of Pakistan Penal Code. PW Shah Jehan S.I. learnt that accused had admitted the present occurrence, therefore, he arrested them in this case. On 27.11.2002 accused Muhammad Shafiq and Jameel led the police party to PS Cantt, Abbottabad on the pointation of accused Shafiq, he took into possession various parts of Suzuki No, KH-1499 vide recovery memo. Ex.PW11/1. He also took into possession one stone Ex.P-5 on the pointation of accused Shafiq with which he struck the deceased vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.11/2. He also took gas kit alongwith cylinder produced by PW Raja Kha.war, which he had purchased from Shafiq accused for Rs,15000/- vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.11/3. Similarly, on the pointation of accused, he took into possession four tyres with rims and battery of Suzuki No, KH-1499 from the house of absconding accused Zaheer vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.11/4,. He also prepared sketch Ex.PW.14/2 of the house of said absconding accused. He also prepared pointation memo. Ex.PW.11/5 on the pointation of accused Muhammad Shafiq and Jameel of the place where they left the frame etc. of the Suzuki No, KH-1499 and also prepared sketch Ex.PW.14/1 of the said place. He also prepared sketch Ex.PW.14/1 of the place of recovery of stone Ex.P-5. He recorded the statements of the PWs. He got recorded confessional statements of accused Muhammad Shafiq and Jameel vide application Ex.PW.2/1 and got recorded statement of PW Raja Khawar under Section 164 Code of Criminal Procedure. He got issued warrant under Section 204 and proclamation notice under Section 87 Code of Criminal Procedure against the absconding accused Zaheer vide application Ex.PW.14/3 and Ex.PW.14/4 and placed on file report Ex.PW.14/5 of the Chemical Examiner. He submitted complete challan against accused through SHO Shah Nazar Khan. 5. After observing due formalities, challan was submitted against the above said accused Jameel and Muhammad Shafiq, placing-in Column No, 3 of report under Section 173 Code of Criminal Procedure, in the learned trial Court. 6. After procuring the attendance of above mentioned accused, copies as required under Section 265-C of Code of Criminal Procedure were delivered to them and formal charge against them was framed on 27.01.2004 under Section 17(4) of the Offences Against Property (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979 and under Section 411 of PPC to which accused pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.
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7. The prosecution in order to prove its case produced seventeen Witnesses. The gist of prosecution evidence is as follows:-- (i) PW.1 Muhammad Amin, IHC was marginal witness of recovery memo. Ex.PW1/1, which was signed by him. In his presence, the I.O. took into possession blood stained sand and one churra from the place of occurrence. (i) PW.2.Amjid Zia Siddique, Judicial Magistrate had recorded the confessional statements of appellant/accused Muhammad Shafiq and Jamil produced by Shah Jehan Khan, S.I. on 28.11.2002 vide application Ex.PW.2/1. He disclosed his identity to appellant/ accused Muhammad Shafiq and asked him that he was not bound to record confession and if he did so it would be taken against him in evidence. Appellant/Accused was given half an hour to ponder over the mater. After observing all the legal formalities and his satisfaction that accused was making a true and voluntary confession, he recorded the confessional statement of said accused/appellant Muhammad Shafiq. The memorandum of inquiry Ex.PW.2/2, confession statement Ex.PW.2/3 and certificate Ex.PW.2/4 were signed by him. The confessional statement was also thumb impressed by the accused/appellant. Nazir Ahmed Khan, SHO had submitted complete challan in the case against the accused/appellant. (ii) On the same day, after recording confessional statement of accused/appellant Muhammad Shafiq, accused/appellant Jamil was produced by Shah Jehan Khan, S.I. for recording his confession. He also observed all the legal formalities in recording the confession of the said accused/appellant. After he was satisfied that accused Jamil was making a true and voluntary confession, he recorded his confessional statement Ex.PW.2/5 which was signed by him and duly thumb impressed by accused/appellant Jamil. The memorandum of inquiry Ex.PW.2/6 and certificate Ex.PW.2/7 were correctly signed by him. (iii)PW. 3 Shah Nazar Khan, SHO stated that he had verified the investigation conducted by Fazal Dad and Shah Jehan and then submitted complete challan against the accused. (iv)PW.4 Aziz-ur-Rehman, Constable had escorted the dead body of deceased Muhammad Naeem from the spot to the hospital for postmortem examination. No body had interfered with the dead body in the way. He was also marginal witness to recovery memo. Ex.PW1/1 through which the I.O. had taken into possession blood stained sand and a dagger Ex.P-1 from the spot and sealed the same into different parcels. The memo. was correctly signed by him. (v)Dr. Khurram Shehzad, Medical Officer, ATH, Abbottabad appeared as PW.5 who deposed that on 06.11.2002 at 09:00 a.m. he conducted the postmortem examination of deceased Muhammad Naeern son of Khawaj Muhammad aged about 21/22 years, dead body was identified by the PWs Imtiaz and Nisar Ahmed and found the followings:-- External Appearance. A young man aged 21-22 years, lying supine on the table wearing light gray shalwar kameez. The clothes were wet and blood stained. He had sand and mud all over his body. There was three holes of stab wound on the back of Kameez measuring 3", 2", 2" respectively. The following injuries were noted on the dead body. 1. A stab wound 3 inches in length deep pane penetrating in the back of left kidney. 2. Another stabs wound 2 inch on the back 3. Another stab wound 2 inches just below the left scapula. 4. A lacerated would 2 inches on the back of head, muscle deep, bone intact. 5. An incised wound of 2 inches on the back of neck, muscle deep. Thorax Walls, ribs and plurae, larynx and trachea including right lung left lung and pericardium and heart were healthy. Blood vessels injury to the left renal vessel bleeding in the peritoneal cavity. Abdomen Peritioneum-containing about? Litres of blood in the peritoneum cavity. Left kidney was
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damaged causing bleedings from the left renal vessels into the peritoneal cavity. About 2 liters of blood was in the cavity. Opinion In his opinion the cause of death of the deceased is due to stab injury to the left kidney and left renal vessels, causing excessive bleeding about two liters in the peritoneal cavity, leading to shock and death of the patient. The shalwar and kameez of the victim was handed over to the police. Time between injury and death 1 to 2 hours. Between death and postmortem 6 & 8 hours. He hase seen PM report Ex.PM and pactorial (six pages) which is in his handwriting and correctly bears his signature. He has seen the inquest report which correctly bears his endorsement which is Ex.PM/1 (vi)PW.6 is Ibrar Hussain, ASI, PS, Rajoia who deposed that on receipt of Murasila Ex.PA/1 ,he had registered the case vide FIR Ex.PA, which was in his handwriting and correctly signed by him. (vii) PW7 Imtiaz Ahmad had identified the dead. body of deceased Nazar Muhammad, alias, Naeem before the police and the doctor, (viii) PW.8 Abid son of Muhammad Suleman, caste Awan aged about 30 years resident of Taharana Ghariban appeared as PW.8 who deposed that I was marginal witness to recovery memo. Ex.PW.8/1, which was correctly signed by him. In his presence, the I.O. took into possession blood stained shalwar Ex.P-3 and shirt Ex.P-4 of deceased Nazar Muhammad, alias Naeem having cut marks and sealed the same in parcel. (ix)PW.9 Muhammad Saleem son of Khawaj Muhammad caste Tanoli, aged about 43 years resident of Bayian who deposed that Nazar Muhammad alias Naeem deceased was his real brother. During the days of occurrence deceased was residing at Taharana Gharbin with his brother in law, Muhammad Siraj. He was driving Suzuki No, KH-1499, owned by their father Khawaj Muhammad. On 06.11.2002, he was informed about the murder of Nazar Muhammad, alias, Naeem deceased. On this information, he went to ATH, Abbottabad where the dead body of the deceased was lying. The Suzuki driven by the deceased was not traceable. On 09.11.2002, frame, four seats and Tarpal of Suzuki No, KH-1499 was recovered by the police lying in village Banda Sher Khan. He duly identified the said parts of their Suzuki. He charged the accused/appellants for commission of the offence. (x)PW.10 Asif Gohar Khan, SHO, PS Saddar, Haripur who deposed that accused/appellant Muhammad Shafiq, Jamil and two others were in police custody in case FIR No, 853, dated 18.11.2002 under Sections 400/401/402/411/412/ 413/414 PPC/13 A.O. of PS Cantt, Abbottabad. During Interrogation, accused/appellants Muhammad Shafiq and Jamil disclosed that after killing deceased Muhammad Naeem, they had snatched his Suzuki No, Kh-1499. They had brought it to the residential house of accused/appellant Muhammad Shafique where the parts of the Suzuki were separated and those parts were in the house of accused/appellants Muhammad Shafique. On 18.11.2002 accused/appellants Muhammad Shafiq and Jamil and other led the police party to the residential house of Muhammad Shafiq, where, Muhammad Shafiq pointed out various parts of Suzuki No, KH-1499 kept in the room of his house. He took all those parts into his possession vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.10/1, attested copy Ex.PW.10/2 in case FIR No, 853, dated 18.11.2002. Jamil accused/appellant after pointation of Muhammad Shafiq accused/appellant' had also pointed out the same parts of stolen Suzuki No, KH-1499 lying in the house of Muhammad Shafiq accused/appellant. He had also prepared sketch copy of Ex.PW.10/3 of the place of recovery. The chassis and engine numbers of Suzuki No, KH-1499 were got verified and compared with the recovered engine and chassis and found the same as per record; (xi)PW.11 Muhammad Siraj son of Haji Muhammad Yousaf was marginal witness to recovery memo. Ex.PW.8/1 which was correctly signed by him. In his presence, the I.O. took into possession
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blood stained Shalwar Ex.P-3 and shirt Ex.P-4 having corresponding cut marks of the deceased and sealed them in parcel. He had also seen the recovery memo. of various parts of Suzuki No, KH-1499, vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.11/1 and recovery of stone Ex.P-5 vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.11/2, on the pointation of accused/appellant Muhammad Shang while in custody of the police. Similarly, in his presence, accused/appellant Jamil and Muhammad Shafiq pointed out different points/places of occurrence to the I.O. vide pointation of memo. Ex.PW.11/5. He was also marginal witness to recovery memo. Ex.PW.11/3 vide which the I.O. took into possession gas kit produced by one Raja Khawar PW. Similarly on the pointation of Shafique he had also recovered four tyres with rims and one battery of the stolen Suzuki No, Kh-1499 from the house of absconding accused Zaheer, vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.11/4. PW.12 Raja Khawar stated that some three and half years back at about 10.00 p.m. PW Khan Gul alongwith two persons came to him. Khan Gul PW asked him for payment of Rs, 15000/- in lieu of a gas kit and cylinder. He paid Rs, 15000/- and kept the gas kit and cylinder with him as a trust. He was told that in case, the cash amount of Rs, 15000/- was not paid back, then he would become owner of the cylinder and the gas kit. One of the persons with Khan Gul was one Shafiq and the police informed him later on about his name and that said Muhammad Shafiq was accused/appellant. He came to know that the gas kit and the cylinder were stolen property and then he handed over the same to the police. PW.13 Khan Gul stated that Nasir and Zaheer had brought accused/appellant Muhammad Shafiq to him. They told him that Muhammad Shafique had gas kit for sale. He took them to Raja Khawar and informed him about the selling of gas kit. Raja Khawar paid Rs, 15000/-to accused/appellant Muhammad Shafiq and Muhammad Shafique accused/appellant delivered him gas kit and the cylinder on the condition that, if Muhammad Shafique accused/appellant failed to pay back Rs, 15000/- within a period of one month, the gas kit and the cylinder would be in the ownership of Raja Khawar. Later on, when they came to know that the gas kit and the cylinder were the stolen property, the same were handed over to the police by Raja Khawar. (xiv) PW.14 Shah Jehan Khan, SHO/S.I. on 14.11.2002 took over the investigation of this case. Accused Jameel and Muhammad Shafiq were arrested by the Police of PS Cantt., Abbottabad in case FIR No, 175, dated 08.09.2002 under Section 17(4) of the Offences Against Property (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979 PS Nawaanshehr and in case FIR No, 853, dated 18.11.2002 under Sections 400/401/402/412/413/414 of Pakistan Penal Code and it was learnt that accused had admitted the present occurrence, therefore, he arrested them in this case. On 27.11.2002 accused Muhammad Shafiq and Jameel led the police party to PS Cantt., Abbottabad. Where on the pointation of accused Shafiq, he took into possession various parts of Suzuki No, KH-1499 vide recovery memo. Ex.PW11/1. He also took into possession one stone Ex.P-5 on the pointation of accused Shafiq with which he struck the deceased vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.11/2. He also took gas kit alongwith cylinder produced by PW Raja Khawar, which he had purchased from Shafiq accused for Rs, 15000/- vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.11/3. Similarly, on the pointation of accused Shafique, he took into possession four tyres with rims and battery of Suzuki No, KH-1499 from the house of absconding accused Zaheer vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.11/4. He also prepared sketch Ex.PW. 14/2 of the house of said absconding accused. He also prepared pointation memo. Ex.PW.11/5 on the pointation of accused Muhammad Shafiq and Jameel of the place where they left the frame etc. of the Suzuki No, KH-1499 and also prepared sketch Ex.PW.14/1 of the said place. He also prepared sketch Ex.PW.14/1 of the place of recovery of stone Ex.P-5. He recorded the statements of the PWs. He got recorded confessional statements of accused Muhammad Shafiq and Jameel vide application Ex.PW.2/1 and got recorded statement of PW Raja Khawar under Section 164 Code of Criminal Procedure. He got issued warrant under Section 204 and proclamation notice under Section 87 Code of Criminal Procedure against the
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absconding accused Zaheer vide application Ex.PW.14/3 and Ex.PW.14/4 and placed on file report Ex.PW.14/5 of the Chemical Examiner. He submitted complete challan against accused through SHO Shah Jehan Khan. (xv) PW.15 Hafiz Jan's Khan, S.I. who deposed that he was the marginal witness of recovery memo. Ex.Ex.PW. 10/1, attested copy of Ex.PW.10/2, which was correctly signed by him. In his presence; the I.O. took into possession various parts of Suzuki No, ICH-1499 from the house of accused/appellant Muhammad Shafiq on the pointation of accused/appellants Muhammad Shafiq and Jamil. (xvi) PW.16 (hulam Murtaza, ASI who deposed that he was also the marginal witness to recovery memo. Ex.PW16/1, which was correctly signed by him. In his presence, the I.O. took into possession a frame, four seats and Tarpal of Suzuki No, KH-1499 from a vacant plot situated near the graveyard of Banda Sher Khan. (xvii) PW.17 Fazal Dad, ASI who deposed that on 06.11.2002 during patrol duty he received information about the dead body of a person lying in Water Nullah Beeran Da Khatta within the limits of Village Mor Kalan. On this information, he reached the spot and saw dead body of a young person lying murdered in the said place. He found, two injuries on the back of the dead body, one injury on rib left side and one injury on head on right side. He prepared injury sheet Ex.PW.17/1 and inquest report Ex.PW.7/2 of the said unknown's person's dead body and sent the same to Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad for postmortem examination under the escort of Imran FC No, 144. He also found marks of tyres of the vehicle on the spot. He drafted Murasila Ex.PA/1 and sent the same to Police Station for registration of the case through Aziz-ur-Rehman FC No, 90, on the basis of which the case was registered vide FIR Ex.PA Bearing No, 487, dated 06.11.2002 under Section 17(4) Harrabain Police Station, Mir Pur, Abbottabad. PW Fazal Dad started investigation in this case. He drafted site plan Ex.PW.17/2, which is correct with all its footnotes and drawings. He took into possession blood stained sand and a dagger Ex.P-1 from the place of occurrence and sealed them in parcel vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.1/1. The dead body of the deceased was identified by P.Ws Imtiaz Khan and Nisar Ahmed. He took into possession blood stained garments i,e, shalwar Ex.P-3 and Qameez Ex.P-4 having corresponding cut marks and sealed the same in parcel vide recovery memo. Ex.PW.8/1. He sent the blood stained articles alongwith Parcel No, 1 containing blood stained sane for chemical analysis through Moharrar of the PS vide application Ex.PW17/3. On 09.11.2002 he also took into possession frame of Suzuki No, KH- 1499 belonging to deceased Nazar Muhammad alias Naeem with Tarpal and four seats lying near the graveyard in Banda Sher Khan, on the information of PW All Asghar to the police on telephone, in presence of PW Muhammad Saleem brother of deceased, who identified the said articles vide recovery memo. Ex.PW16/1 and prepared the sketch Ex.PW.17/4 of the place of recovery. 8. Learned trial Court after close of the prosecution evidence on 15.9.2005 recorded statement of accused namely Shafique under Section 342 of the the Code of Criminal Procedure. In the question why the P.Ws deposed against you? He replies as under:-- "There is no eye witness of the occurrence. Initially, the case remained as unseen crime and Asif Gohar P.W-10 the author of FIR No, 853 dated 18.11.2002 of P.S Cantt. Abbottabad who is the close relative of the deceased of the present case involved me and co-accused Jameel in connivance with the I.O. of the present case. In this case as well as in so many other untraced cases we were prepared and the recoveries were planted by the I.O. There is no disinterested and independent witness in the present case. P.Ws Khawar and Khan Gul were the actual culprits as it seems from the facts and circumstances of the case, they were let free by the I.O. The confession was extracted after severe beating, threats, torture and all the third degree methods were adopted by the I.O. I, in order to get rid from the arrocities of the police, was compelled to make a false statement in the line of investigation as told by the I.O." However, the accused/appellant did not tender evidence on oath.
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9. After hearing both the parties the learned trial Court convicted and sentenced the appellant as mentioned in opening para of this judgment. 10. Learned counsel for the appellant contended that recovery of alleged stolen vehicle i,e, Suzuki No, KH-1499 has not been proved. There is no eye-witness of the occurrence and the murder of deceased is a blind murder. No identification of recovered article i,e, parts of vehicle was conducted and the factum of sale of the part of Suzuki has not been proved. There are many contradictions in the statements of prosecution witnesses. The Investigating Officer did not investigate the Case honestly and accused/appellant Muhammad Shafiq son of Muhammad Ashraf has been falsely implicated in this case. The joint confessional statements of the appellants are not voluntarily and requirements of Law have not been fulfilled at the time of recording of the confessional statements of appellants. Neither medical evidence nor ocular account has supported the prosecution case, nor it can in any way be linked to the accused/appellant. He further contended that recoveries are not relevant because it was already in the possession of police in another case. 11.On the other hand, the learned counsel for State stated that the contents of FIR have been duly corroborated by the prosecution witness although accused were not named in the FIR. There is no ocular account of the occurrence but the I.O. clearly mentioned in the note of his site plan that it appears to be a case of robbery as he recovered the knife from the spot and found mark of the tyres of vehicle. He fully supported the prosecution case and submitted that prosecution has successfully proved the case against the appellant Muhammad Shafiq son of Muhammad Ashraf beyond any shadow of doubt as the appellants had made their confessional statement before the learned Judicial Magistrate. 12.We have given our anxious considerations to the respective contentions of learned counsel for the parties and also gone through the available record with their assistance, minutely. We have seen the file, the oral and…
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