2005 P Cr (PLP)
MUJIB-UR-REHMAN — Petitioner Versus THE STATE and another — Respondents
| Citation | 2005 P Cr (PLP) |
| Forum / Court | Peshawar |
| Bench Members | N/A |
| Parties | MUJIB-UR-REHMAN — Petitioner Versus THE STATE and another — Respondents |
| Primary Law | (a) Penal Code (XLV of 1860), (b) Criminal trial |
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This judgment primarily cites: (a) Penal Code (XLV of 1860), (b) Criminal trial as referenced in Pakistani case law index.
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Laws Cited
Representation
- Salah-ud-Din for Petitioner.
- Muhammad Yaqoob Khan for Respondent.
Headnotes / Summary
S. 302/34
Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss.439 & 561-A
Plea of alibi raised by accused
Police certified innocence of accused after verification
Trial Court relieved accused from trial for the time being with observations that he would be put to trial, if some material evidence was brought on record against him
Opinion of police was based on material collected during investigation
Police had showed innocence of accused with proper reasons
Exercise of power by Trial Court under such circumstances could not be declared as illegal by High Court in absence of any good reason
High Court dismissed revision.
Evidentiary value
Mere opinion about innocence of accused would have no persuasive value for Court.
Judgment & Decree
Mujib-ur-Rehman, petitioner, is aggrieved of the impugned order of the learned Sessions Judge, Lakki Marwat dated 14-12-2004 vide which the accused/respondent Asmatullah has been relieved of trial in case F.I.R. No.160 dated 22-8-2003 under section 302/34, P.P.C. P.S. Ghazni Khel on the basis of opinion/inquiry of the police. The accused/respondent along with another co-accused namely Abdul Malik were charged for committing the murder of the father of the complainant in the above noted F.I.R. The accused/respondent when came to know about the charge against him, he himself surrendered to the police and from the very first day raised the plea of alibi in his favour. According to him he was in Punjab from 20-8-2003 to 15-9-2003 in connection with the collection of wheat to be brought to D.I. Khan. On the application of the accused/respondent from jail, the verification of his plea of alibi was entrusted to Inspector Bashir Ahmad, who collected bilties of goods forwarding agency Minchin Abad Bahawalnagar wherefrom accused Asmatullah brought wheat to D.I. Khan. The Investigating Officer after proper verification certified the innocence of the accused/respondent in the case. Accordingly, he was placed in column 2 of the challan. When the case was put in Court for trial, both the accused were summoned, but vide impugned order, dated 14-12-2004 the learned trial Judge relieved the accused/respondent for the time being and to put to trial if some material evidence was brought on record against him. The other co-accused was supplied copies of the relevant documents and the case was fixed for framing of charge. The petitioner is aggrieved of the aforesaid impugned order of the learned trial Court and has now filed the instant criminal revision. I have heard arguments of the learned counsel for the parties and perused the material placed on record. No doubt mere opinion about the innocence of an accused person has no persuasive value for the Court, but here in this case the opinion of the police is based on sound material collected during the investigation. The police has thus, showed innocence of the accused/respondent with proper reasons and if in the circumstances the learned trial Judge has exercised his powers available to him under the law, the same cannot be declared as illegal by this Court in absence of any good reasons, I therefore, see no good ground for interference in the well-reasoned order of the learned trial Court whereby accused/respondent Asmatullah has been relieved for the time being and the criminal revision is, therefore, dismissed. S.A.K./355/P Revision dismissed.