“In cases of circumstantial evidence, there are chances of procuring
and fabricating evidence. Therefore, Courts are required to take extra
care and caution to narrowly examine such evidence with pure
judicial approach to satisfy itself, about its intrinsic worth and
reliability, also ensuring that no dishonesty was committed during
the course of collecting such evidence by the Investigators ….
circumstantial evidence may sometimes appear to be conclusive but
it must always be narrowly examined, if only because this count of
evidence may be fabricated in order to cast suspicion on another.
Therefore, it is all the more necessary before drawing inference, if
the accused’s guilt from circumstantial evidence to be sure and that
there are no other co-existing circumstances, which weaken or
destroy the inference then, in that case alone it may be relied upon
otherwise, not at all.”
2017 SCMR 986
Used in Judgment of:
Lahore High Court
Criminal Appeal
13-09
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