wisdom of Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan expressed in case
reported as Imtiaz alias Taj v. The State and others (2018 SCMR 344)
which is as under:-
“It is not disputed that four co-accused of the appellant attributed
effective firing at and specific injuries to Rustam Ali deceased had
been acquitted by the trial court. The law is settled that if the eyewitnesses have been disbelieved against some accused persons
attributed effective roles then the same eye-witnesses cannot be
believed another accused person attributed a similar role unless
such eye-witnesses receive independent corroboration qua the
other accused person and reference in this respect may be made to
the cases of Ghulam Sikandar v. Mumraz Khan (PLD 185 SC 11),
Sarfraz alias Sappi v. The State (2000 SCMR 1758), Iftikhar
Hussain and others v. The State (2004 SCMR 1185) and Akhtar
Ali v. The State (2008 SCMR 6).”
Used in Judgment of
Lahore High court
Criminal Appeal
279-13
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