ZAIN ALI vs State S — 2023 SCMR 1669 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2023 SCMR 1669 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2023
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: ZAIN ALI vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

ZAIN ALI VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotic---Reappraisal of evidence---To prove the recovery, the prosecution mainly relied upon the statements of official witnesses---Both these witnesses had narrated the prosecution story in a natural manner and remained consistent throughout and their testimony could not be shattered by the defence despite lengthy cross-examination---Said witnesses had no enmity with the accused to falsely implicate him in the present case---Even otherwise a huge quantity of 563 kilograms of contraband charas and 1500 grams of opium in no circumstances could be planted by the Investigating Officer of his own---Prosecution has successfully established its case by further proving that the contraband so recovered from the possession of the accused was weighed, packed and then sent for chemical examination, which on examination was found to be charas---Prosecution witnesses of recovery remained firm on each and every material particular of the prosecution story and their testimony could not be shaken---Safe chain of custody of the recovered narcotics was not compromised at all---Appeal against conviction was dismissed.

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