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JAHANZEB KHAN vs State S — 2022 YLRN 186 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation
2022 YLRN 186 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court
Sindh High Court
Year
2022
Parties
JAHANZEB KHAN vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

JAHANZEB KHAN VS State S.9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Complainant as Investigating Officer---Prosecution case was that Anti Narcotics Force on spy information, apprehended the accused persons while they were driving together in the car and as a result of the search thereof, secured out of its trunk three nylon bags full of 50 packets of two slabs of charas of 1 Kg. each, thus totalling 150 Kgs.---850 kilograms of narcotics of like nature was recovered, on search of the house of the co-accused---Defence objected that complainant was himself Investigating Officer---Validity---Evidence of a police witness was as reliable as any other witness provided that no enmity existed between them and the accused---No enmity had been suggested against any of the police witnesses and as such the police had no reason to implicate the accused in a false case---Police evidence was corroborative in all material respects, which included the accused being the driver of the car who attempted to escape from the scene when the car was stopped by the police and the recovery of the narcotics from the dikki of the car---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt against the accused---Revision was allowed and the sentence of accused was enhanced to imprisonment for life.

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