MUST READ JUDGEMENT. Evidentiary value of a bloodstained alleged weapon of offence without a forensic report matching the blood found thereon with that of the deceased –

 VVI. MUST READ JUDGEMENT.

Scope of murder reference – Reappraisal of evidence by the High Court in deciding the appeal and the reference for confirmation of death sentence

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Heinous nature of allegations and appraisal of evidence

Heinous nature of crime not to influence the mind of the judge -

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Standard of care required for relying on circumstantial evidence – Approach to determine sufficiency of circumstantial evidence

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Scope of last seen evidence –

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Effect of material improvements made by witnesses –

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Evidentiary value of a bloodstained alleged weapon of offence without a forensic report matching the blood found thereon with that of the deceased –

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Recovery of weapon of offence is corroborative evidence –

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Medical evidence not corroborative but supportive evidence.

J.P.147/2016

Naveed Asghar and others v. The State

Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah .