MUKHTIAR ALI vs State S — 2023 PCrLJ 1662 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2023 PCrLJ 1662 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: MUKHTIAR ALI vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 9

Fields are extracted from the reported citation and judgment text. Where a detail is not stated in the record, it is not shown.

Judgment text as reported

MUKHTIAR ALI VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of three days in sending the narcotic for chemical analysis---Effect---Prosecution case was that accused was found in possession of 1170 grams of charas---According to the statement of complainant, he recovered the narcotics from accused on 08.03.2020 and prepared the memo of arrest and recovery and deposited the same in Malkhana---Report of Director Laboratories and Chemical Examiner revealed that the charas was received by hand in the office on 11.03.2020 through Head Constable after the delay of three days but evidence on the record was silent that where the same remained for three days---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against the accused---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

Other judgments reported in 2023 PCRLJ

2023 PCrLJ 1115 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTANNOOR ZAMAN VS State Site plan---Scope---Site plan is not a substantive piece of evidence to be used to contradict or counter the ocular acco…
2023 PCrLJ 583 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHFAREED AHMED VS State S. 6---Prohibition of possession of narcotic drugs---Scope---Word "possession" has been used in the Control of Narcoti…
2023 PCrLJ 1146 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHBARKAT ALI VS State Benefit of doubt---Principle---If a single doubt created reasonable doubt in a prudent mind about the guilt of the accus…
2023 PCrLJ 496 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURTFAKHAR ZAMAN VS State S. 497---prevention of electronic Crimes Act (XL of 2016), Ss.20, 21 & 24---Dignity of natural person, modesty of natu…
2023 PCrLJ 522 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHDANISH VS State Ss. 354, 376(2), 337-J, 342 & 506(2)---prevention of electronicCrimes Ordinance (LXXII of 2007), S. 13(2)---Juvenile Justice…
2023 PCrLJ 1092 ISLAMABADJAVAD KHAN VS State Ss. 29 & 44---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 419 & 420---Two sets of offences, cognizance of---Principle---Federal Invest…

Back to the case-law library · Search Pakistani case law in Urdu or English