GHULAM HUSSAIN vs State S — 2023 YLR 737 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation: 2023 YLR 737 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court: Balochistan High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: YLR
Parties: GHULAM HUSSAIN vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 36---; Narcotic Substances Act

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Judgment text as reported

GHULAM HUSSAIN VS State S. 36--- Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001, R. 4---Reports of Government Analysts---Dispatch of sample for test or analysis--- Expression "reasonable quantity"---Scope---Section 36 of Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, does not specify any particular quantity of recovered substance to be sent as a sample, however, the Rule 4(1) of Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001, directs that reasonable quantity of sample from the recovered contraband/ substances seized shall be drawn on the spot of recovery and dispatched to the officer in charge of nearest Narcotic Testing Laboratory---Only one gram (negligible quantity) cannot be termed a "reasonable quantity" for the purpose of chemical analysis.

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