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PLD 2017 Sindh 604
Before Omar Sial, J
ALLAH WADHAYO—Appellant
versus
QURBAN ALI and 3 others—Respondents
Criminal Acquittal Appeal No.S-32 of 2008, decided on 26th April 2017.
Penal Code (XLV of I860)—
—Ss. 380 & 457—Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 367 & 417(2-A)—Theft in dwelling house, lurking house, trespass— Appreciation of evidence—Appeal against acquittal—Complainant-appellant had raised two grounds in support of appeal against acquittal: firstly, that impugned judgment did not contain the points for determination, which was in breach of S.367, Cr.P.C, and secondly, that the first appellate court heard the appeal and passed judgment in only five days—Validity—Section 367, Cr.P.C, and Part VI of the said Code pertained only to 'Proceedings in Prosecutions' before a Trial Court; matters pertaining to the appellate and revisional courts were provided in Part VII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 and said Part of the Code did not contain any provision making it obligatory upon an appellate court to record points of determination in its judgment—No prejudice would be caused to the complainant/'appellant due to early hearing of the appeal—Impugned judgment was not perverse, arbitrary, capricious or speculative—Double presumption of innocence worked in favour of accused due to his acquittal—Appeal against acquittal was dismissed in circumstances.[p. 606] A, B & C
Hassan and others v. The State PLD 2013 SC 793 rel.
Bakhshan Khan Mahar for Appellant.
Shabbir Ali Bozdar for Respondents.
Abdul Rehman Kolachi, A.P.G. for the State
Date of hearing: 18th April, 2017.
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