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Circumstantial Evidence in Pakistan
Follow Pakistani decisions on last-seen accounts, recovery, forensic links and an unwitnessed death. Compare the evidence actually accepted or rejected in each judgment rather than treating similar allegations as identical proof.
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Abdul Razzaq Acquitted: Supreme Court Tests Kidnapping-for-Ransom Evidence
Abdul Razzaq v. The State; Muhammad Arif v. The State and others · Jail Petition No. 73 of 2020 and Criminal Petition No. 174-L of 2020 · Unreported; not approved for reporting
The Supreme Court acquitted Abdul Razzaq after finding the eyewitness account, unmarked cash, call data, recoveries and confinement evidence unsafe.
Article 122 QSO: Wife’s Death at Home Cannot Replace Proof, Supreme Court Holds
Salman v. The State · Jail Petition No. 565 of 2022 · Approved for reporting; reporter citation not stated in supplied judgment
In Salman v. The State, the Supreme Court acquitted a husband after unreliable evidence failed to prove murder. Article 122 QSO could not replace proof.
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Open Eyes Alone Do Not Prove an Unwitnessed Murder: Supreme Court
Azmat Ullah alias Motu and Muhammad Luqman alias Gona v. The State and another; Syed Arif Ali v. The State and another · Jail Petition 372/2022 with Criminal Petition 978-L/2022 · Citation not provided
In Azmat Ullah, the Supreme Court rejects a rigid open-eyes presumption, explains Article 129 QSO and maintains the murder convicts’ life sentences.
DNA Match Cannot Cure Doubtful Recovery: Supreme Court Acquits Ghulam Shabbir
Ghulam Shabbir v. The State & another; connected petition: Mazhar Abbas v. The State & another · J.P. 495 of 2021 & Crl.P.L.A. 1483-L of 2021 · Approved for reporting; reporter citation not stated
Supreme Court acquits Ghulam Shabbir in a strangulation murder case: the victim's DNA on a jersey could not cure doubtful recovery and unreliable eyewitness evidence.
Wife's Death at Home: Supreme Court Explains Article 122 QSO
Habib Ullah v The State · Jail Petition No. 41 of 2023 · Approved for reporting; neutral citation not stated in the supplied judgment
In Habib Ullah v State, the Supreme Court upheld a husband's conviction and explained Articles 122 and 129 QSO in a wife's domestic homicide.