Recovery of weapons the prosecution had failed to associate any independent witness of the locality .......

The august Supreme Court of Pakistan in the case of Muhammad Ismail and others Vs. The State ( 2017 SCMR 898) at page 901 has held as under:- 

“For the above mentioned recovery of weapons the prosecution had failed to associate any independent witness of the locality and, thus, the mandatory provisions of section 103, Cr.P.C. had flagrantly been violated in that regard.”  

Part of Judgement of

IN THE LAHORE HIGH COURT, RAWALPINDI BENCH, RAWALPINDI.
Crl. Appeal-Against Conviction-PPC
1169-17

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