MUHAMMAD YOUSAF vs State S — 2022 SCMR 840 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2022 SCMR 840 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2022
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: MUHAMMAD YOUSAF vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 497---C; S. 51; Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997); Narcotic Substances Act

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD YOUSAF VS State S. 497---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), Ss. 9(c) & 51---Recovery of 56.4 kgs of cannabis concealed in cavities of a truck---Bail, refusal of---Considerable cache comprising 56.4 kgs cannabis was concealed in different cavities of the truck, discovered pursuant to piecemeal disclosures by the accused persons through elaborate investigate efforts involving steel cutters and, thus, it was humanly not possible for the police contingent to conclude the exercise in one go; they proceeded with the registration of cases as and when the recoveries became available and this certainly did not allow, within the limited space of tentative assessment, to entertain any manner of doubt for imposition of such a huge cache as in the given facts and circumstances of the case, there was no smarter way to better systematize the conclusion of investigative proceedings---Material collected coupled with the statements of the witnesses clearly attracted the mischief of S. 51 of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, standing as an impediment to release of accused persons on bail---Petition or leave to appeal was dismissed, and accused persons were refused bail. Head NotesCase Description

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