Haneef Ahmed vs State S — 2025 PCrLJ 1890 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2025 PCrLJ 1890 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: Haneef Ahmed vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

Haneef Ahmed VS State S. 9(1), Sr. No. (6)(c)---Possession of narcotic substances---Appreciation of evidence---Alleged contradiction in the prosecution case---Incopnsequential---Prosecution case was that 1025 grams heroin powder was recovered from the possession of accused-appellant---It was alleged by the defence that there was variation between the FIR and the Forensic Report in respect of the colour of the recovered substance---Validity---First Information Report had been registered in Urdu which described the recovered substance as light brown---Recovery Memo had also been recorded in Urdu which too described the recovered substance as light brown---Forensic Report which was in English described the substance as 'off-white' in color---Counsel for the appellant was asked to translate off-white in Urdu but she could not come up with an exact equivalent---On the other hand, the color 'off-white' was defined in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Eleventh Edition as a white color with a grey or yellowish tinge---Urdu word used in the FIR to describe the colour of the recovered substance could, for lack of a better alternative in the Urdu language, serve to loosely described the colour 'off-white' as well---Therefore, this could not be concluded as a material contradiction especially considering that safe transmission was otherwise established and no question regarding this aspect was put to the witnesses in cross-examination---Appeal against conviction was dismissed, in circumstances.

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