Mst Asia Bibi v The State
Capital Sentence Reference no 614/2010 / Criminal Appeal no 2509/2010: Lahore High Court: Muhammad Anwaarul Haq, Syed Shabaz Ali Rizvi JJ: 5 November 2014
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23028253 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Thayer (0000-0001-5205-8691, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 147-149 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oxford Journal of Law and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2047-0770 • E-ISSN: 2047-0789 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ojlr/rwu047 |
| OpenAlex | W2325576306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Criminal law – Derogatory remarks in respect of Holy Prophet – Penalty for – Christian woman under sentence of death for blasphemy appealing sentence on grounds (1) witnesses interested and inimical, (2) evidence of extra-judicial confession discrepant, (3) witnesses not examined through standard of Tazkiyah-al-Shuhood as required in blasphemy cases, (4) witnesses inconsistent, (5) inordinate delay in lodging complaint, (6) false story concocted by witnesses, (7) sworn statement of appellant expressing full respect to Holy Prophet, (8) investigating officer neither visited place of occurrence nor interrogated people of vicinity – Whether defence evidence adequate – Whether mitigating circumstance could alter death sentence – Whether application of Tazkiyah-al-Shuhood standard required – Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860) (PPC) s 295C; Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ch 3A: Federal Shariat Court (FSC), art 203D, cl 3(b); Hudood Laws (HL) (1979)
Appeal · Blasphemy · Complaint · Confession (law) · Islam · Life imprisonment · Political science · Prayer · Prison · Reasonable Doubt · Sentence · Theology · Human Rights and Development · Law · Legal case studies and regulations · Legal Issues in South Africa · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |