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AKHTAR ZARIN vs State S — 2022 MLD 796 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation
2022 MLD 796 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court
Sindh High Court
Year
2022
Reporter
MLD
Parties
AKHTAR ZARIN vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

AKHTAR ZARIN VS State S.9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Lodging of FIR---Promptness---Prosecution case was that on spy information, police party signalled the car of accused to stop, which led the culprits in the car to firing which hit the informer, police returned fire in self-defence, due to which, tyres of the car burst and stopped and accused was arrested---Arms, ammunition and 80 kilograms charas were recovered from secret cavities made in different parts of the car and inside the mudguards made with aluminium---Record showed that the FIR was filed promptly keeping in view the encounter, the need to take the injured to hospital, the time taken to search and weigh the drugs and as such any slight delay in lodging the FIR had been fully explained---Police had no time to cook up a false case against the accused who in any event was arrested on the spot by his own admission.

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