SHAIKH IMRAN vs State S — 2023 MLD 1603 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2023 MLD 1603 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: MLD
Parties: SHAIKH IMRAN vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 9; S. 103; S. 25; Narcotic Substances Act

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Judgment text as reported

SHAIKH IMRAN VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Police witnesses---Scope---Prosecution case was that 78 kilograms charas and 08 kilograms heroin were recovered from the possession of accused persons---Defence objected that evidence of the Police Officials was not trustworthy and that no independent or private person had been cited as a witness, as such the prosecution case was doubtful---Said contention however had very little merit to it---There was no universal rule that evidence of an interested witness per se must be invariably corroborated by independent evidence---Police Officials were as good witnesses as any other private witness and their evidence was subject to same standard of proof and the principles of the scrutiny as applicable to any other category of witnesses---In absence of any animus, infirmity or flaw in their evidence, the testimony of police witnesses could be relied upon without demur---Moreover, S. 103, Cr.P.C., had been excluded for offences falling under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, by virtue of S. 25 of that Act---Circumstances established that the prosecution succeeded in proving its case against the accused persons beyond any shadow of doubt---Appeal against conviction was accordingly dismissed.

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