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Arshad Ali vs State S — 2024 PCrLJ 1183 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation
2024 PCrLJ 1183 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court
Sindh High Court
Year
2024
Reporter
PCRLJ
Parties
Arshad Ali vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

Arshad Ali VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotic---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Discrepancies in the prosecution case---Consequential---Charas weighing 25 kilograms was allegedly recovered from the vehicle of the accused persons---Record showed that the police party left their station at about 10 pm on 05.05.2018 and were said to have taken a mere 25 minutes to reach the place where the arrest was shown to have been made at 4.30 am the next morning, leaving a period of over six hours---Witnesses stated that they had not checked any vehicle prior to the time that they stopped the accused persons, by happenstance it seemed, as there was no mention of any tip received from an informant---With a vehicle said to have been laden with charas under the mere cover of a tarpaulin, the accused persons were stated to have brought the same to a halt virtually at the feet of the complainant on the mere signal from his torch, all of which beggared belief---Incongruously, no documents or papers that might be associated with a road journey (i.e. driving licenses, fuel receipts, toll tickets, or restaurant bills, fuel bills) were recovered---Currency notes said to have been recovered from the accused persons on their personal search were not inventoried, sealed or produced---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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