Citation Name: 2024 PCrLJ 1502 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTANBookmark this Case Abdul Qadir vs State S — 2024 PCrLJ 1502 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation: 2024 PCrLJ 1502 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court: Balochistan High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: Citation Name: 2024 PCrLJ 1502 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTANBookmark this Case Abdul Qadir vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

Citation Name: 2024 PCrLJ 1502 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTANBookmark this Case Abdul Qadir VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotic substances---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---First time offender---Prosecution case was that 574-kilograms charas and 07-kilograms opium were recovered from the secret cavities of the truck driven by the accused---Record showed that neither there was any saza slip nor anything to establish that the accused was previously involved in any similar criminal case---Even, during the course of trial nothing could be brought on record by the prosecution in that regard---Hence, it could safely be held that the accused was first time offender---Thus, in these circumstances, the death sentence awarded to the accused was quite harsh---Besides, through the recent Control of Narcotic Substances (Amendment) Act, 2022, promulgated on 06.09.2022 and Control of Narcotic Substances (Amendment) Act, 2023, promulgated on 05.08.2023, death punishment had been omitted and now the maximum punishment in narcotic cases was life imprisonment---Therefore, the death sentence was reduced to imprisonment for life---Appeal was dismissed with said modification in sentence.

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