It is not believable that by killing a person in presence of his close relatives, accused would not attempt to cause any injury to the prosecution witnesses leaving them for evidence to be hanged.

The postmortem report of deceased mentions about blackened and burnt area of his entrance wound near lower end of his scapula. The distance from which the deceased was fired upon was 5.5 feet. According to Modi’s Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology blackening is found, if a firearm like shotgun is discharged from a distance of not more than three feet and a revolver or pistol is discharged within about two feet.

CRIMINAL PETITION NO.708-L OF 2018

Riasat Ali and Fakhar Zaman vs The State and another

Announced in open Court on 10th May, 2024 at Islamabad.