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A murder convict applied for subsequent acquittal on the basis of a compromise. The Supreme Court stated that after permission for compounding is granted and the offense is compounded, the accused or convict is to be acquitted, and such acquittal entitles the accused to all fruits and effects of a lawful acquittal.
A brother and sister killed their father, stepmother and two minor stepsisters. The two accused then submitted an application for acquittal on the strength of the forgiveness of their three siblings. In disposing of the case, the court provided guidance on what to consider in approving or rejecting an application to compound an offense.
A man killed his uncle, the latter's wife and two daughters. The court rejected the compounding of the offense, stating that the requirement of leave of court does not automatically affix a judicial stamp upon a compromise. This is particularly true if the compromises and the offender are both beneficiaries of the crime.
The court held that the tabulation of offenses under the Code of Criminal Procedure is an unambiguous complete and comprehensive guide for the compounding of offenses. The courts must not go bend the test laid down by legislature and substitute it with its own test. Moreover, compounding of non-compoundable offense is against public policy.
A woman was badly beaten by her husband. She fled from their home and filed a complaint for physical abuse, as well as emotional, psychological and verbal abuse. The court declared that domestic violence was a human rights violation, stating “[The law] was enacted to provide protection to the weakest classes [of] society, i.e., women and children, as normally we [carry] a presumption of living [in] a ‘male-dominant society’ where [the] aggrieved even does not dare to tell about ‘domestic violence’ because of threats of being abandoned or dispossessed/removed from [the] household.”
The Punjab Gender Parity Report presents data on women focusing on six thematic areas, namely, demographics, governance, health, education, economic participation and opportunities, justice, and special initiatives. The report also presents the status of the special gender-related initiatives introduced by the government.
In a prosecution for murder, it was proven that the prosecution witnesses lied about being at the scene of the crime. The court held that a judicial system which permits deliberate falsehood is doomed to fail and a society which tolerates it is destined to self-destruct. The court thus declared that the rule falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus shall henceforth be an integral part of jurisprudence in criminal cases in Pakistan.