All acquittals including acquittal on compromise are honorable for the reason that the prosecution has not succeeded to prove their cases against the accused on the strength of evidence of unimpeachable character. There can be no acquittals, which may be said to be dishonorable and the law has not drawn any distinction between any types of acquittals. Moreover, once a person was acquitted by trial court, said person would stand shorn of stigma of any allegation and he would have to be deemed thereafter as innocent and having not committed any such crime. If acquittal of accused is not assailed before higher forum, such acquittal earned by accused from trial court, on whatsoever basis, would attain finality and pandora box of allegations could not be re-opened or used against him. In short, acquittal is an acquittal simpliciter and, must entail upon all consequences of pure acquittal. Additionally, order of acquittal of accused shall erase, efface, obliterate and wash away his alleged or already adjudged guilt in the matter apart from leading to setting aside of his sentence or punishment, if any.
Writ Petition-1938-23
RIZWAN ALI SAYAL VS FED.OF PAKSITAN ETC
Mr. Justice Jawad Hassan 19-09-2023
2023 LHC 5587
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