Muhammad Nabi vs Commandant ANF Balochistan Ss — 2025 MLD 696 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation: 2025 MLD 696 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court: Balochistan High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: MLD
Parties: Muhammad Nabi vs Commandant ANF Balochistan Ss
Subject matter: Tax & Customs
Provisions referred to: S. 32; Motor Vehicles Ordinance; CNS Act

Fields are extracted from the reported citation and judgment text. Where a detail is not stated in the record, it is not shown.

Judgment text as reported

Muhammad Nabi VS Commandant ANF Balochistan Ss. 9(c) & 32---Confiscation and release of vehicle involved in narcotic case---Scope---Prosecution case was that 144-kilograms charas was recovered from the secret cavity of truck driven by the accused---Accused was acquitted from the case but the vehicle was ordered to be confiscated in favour of the State---Validity---Appellant claimed to be owner of the vehicle in question which he allegedly purchased from "ZH" through an agreement dated 19-02-2022 and in that respect also relied upon letter pad of Truck Owner Association along with copy of the CNIC's, and "ZH" had allegedly purchased the vehicle in question through an agreement dated 15-12-2021 with "MA"---Vehicle in question was registered in the name of one "MA"---Alleged agreement relied upon by the appellant was not a valid document of title and it did not transfer ownership of a vehicle in terms of Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965, therefore, the appellant could not be given license of ownership on the basis of a photocopy of alleged agreement obtained on Rs.150/- stamp paper---Appellant had failed to support his contention with regard to ownership of the vehicle through any valid documents, therefore, he could not fulfill the requirement laid in proviso to S.32 of the CNS ACT---In the instant case registration certificate of the vehicle showed that the original owner of the vehicle was "MA" and the appellant had failed to establish his ownership of the vehicle in question, therefore, the proviso to S.32 of the CNS Act was not attracted in favour of the appellant---Appeal was dismissed in limine, in circumstances.

Other judgments reported in 2025 MLD

2025 MLD 1208 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHCitation Name: 2025 MLD 1208 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHBookmark this Case Anwer Majid VS Emirates Bank International PJSC (formerly Union Bank…
2025 MLD 1426 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHCitation Name: 2025 MLD 1426 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHBookmark this Case Muhammad Sharif VS State Ss. 504, 506-B, 148, 149, 337-a(i) & 337-F(…
2025 MLD 1973 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREFahim Ahmed Saeed VS Mian Humayun Mahmud O.XXXIX, Rr.1, 2, O.XLIII, R.1(r) --- appeal against order of Trial Court refusing to grant ad-inte…
2025 MLD 1879 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORESumera Rasheed VS State S. 191---Perjury (false evidence)---Administration of justice---Duty of Courts---Perjury is a vice which stigmatizes…
2025 MLD 1879 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORESumera Rasheed VS State S. 191---False evidence---Necessary ingredients---Section 191, P.P.C talks about making of false statement in follow…
2025 MLD 1879 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORESumera Rasheed VS State S. 192---Fabricating false evidence---Necessary ingredients---Requirement of S.192 P.P.C. is met only if there is an…

Back to the case-law library · Search Pakistani case law in Urdu or English