HASRAT KHAN vs State S — 2024 PLD 911 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2024 PLD 911 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2024
Reporter: PLD
Parties: HASRAT KHAN vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 9; Narcotic Substances Act

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Judgment text as reported

HASRAT KHAN VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotic substance---Re-appraisal of evidence---Three hundred and twenty (320) packets of charas weighing one kilogram each were recovered from the vehicle driven by the petitioner, and the prosecution was able to prove through independent and reliable evidence, petitioner's conscious possession thereof---After the recovery of the said contrabands, one consolidated sample weighing 3.200 kilograms was secured, which was subsequently tested positive by the Federal Narcotics Testing Laboratory ("Laboratory")---Safe custody and safe transmission of the sample of the recovered substance from the local Police Station to the Laboratory had been proved by the prosecution before the Trial Court---Subsequently, a report received from the Laboratory in that respect was in the positive---Witnesses of the recovery were public servants who had made consistent statements against the petitioner, and they had no background of ill-will against the petitioner, to falsely implicate him---Conviction of petitioner under section 9(c) of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 was maintained---Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed to the extent of conviction of the petitioner.

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