Safdar Ali vs State S — 2025 PCrLJ 835 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2025 PCrLJ 835 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: Safdar Ali vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 497---C; S. 9---P

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Judgment text as reported

Safdar Ali VS State S. 497---Control of Narcotic Substances (Amendment) Act (XX of 2022), S.9---Possession of narcotic ('bhang')---Bail , grant of---Inconsistency in the weight of sample taken and the material recovered with the weight of sample weighed by the Laboratory---Perusal of the complaint (crime report ) showed thatthe recovered narcotic /cannabis(????) was in the form of green leaves and branches, 10-kg in weight, out of which 500-grams was separated for sample purposes, but the perusal of report of Punjab Forensic Science Agency showed that the sample was 246-grams only and the material available therein was crushed dried green plant with flowering and fruiting tops---Thus, the weight of sample taken and the material recovered was inconsistent with the weight of sample weighed by the Laboratory and the contents available in the sample parcel---Said aspect of the case-in-hand, prima-facie, made the same one of further inquiry into petitioner's guilt entitling him to the grant of post-arrest bail---Petitioner did not have any previous criminal record and he was behind the bars since his arrest---No material progress in the trial could even be asserted, and keeping the petitioner behind the bars till conclusion of trial was neither likely to serve any useful purpose nor seemed justified---Petitioner was admitted to post arrest bail---Bail petition was allowed, in circumstances.

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