Faizar Fahim & other vs The Hon. Attorney General – CA/HCC/134/135/2020-2024

In the case between the Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent) and Faizar Fahim, Najeer Nafir, and Jamal Thariq (Accused/Appellants), the court addressed whether the evidence—including the sole eyewitness testimony of the prosecutrix and related evidentiary discrepancies—was sufficient to establish the offences of gang rape and attempted murder beyond reasonable doubt. It was held that the prosecution’s case was marked by significant doubt, attributed to inconsistencies and lack of corroborative evidence, especially given the nature of the allegations. The findings reaffirmed the principle that criminal convictions must be founded on evidence establishing guilt beyond reasonable doubt, placing particular scrutiny on sole eyewitness accounts in serious sexual offences. The decision