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NOORULLAH vs State S — 2023 PCrLJN 9 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation
2023 PCrLJN 9 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court
Sindh High Court
Year
2023
Parties
NOORULLAH vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

NOORULLAH VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of 3600 grams of charas---Appreciation of evidence---Safe custody and transmission of samples of the narcotic from the police to the Chemical Examiner---Scope---Prosecution case was that 3600 grams of charas was recovered from the possession of accused---Recovered narcotic was kept in safe custody from the time of its recovery to the time when it was transmitted to chemical analysis---No suggestion of tampering with the same had been brought on record---Defence failed to point out anything from the record to establish that the said parcel was ever tampered with and was not safely transmitted to the Chemical Examiner---Evidence led by the prosecution as well as the report of the Chemical Examiner established that the parcel received by the said agency remained intact---Nothing could be found from the record, which could suggest that the safe chain of custody of the samples was compromised---Positive forensic report confirmed the nature of the substance, recovered in a huge quantity that could not be possibly foisted in routine---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt against the accused---Appeal against conviction was dismissed accordingly.

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