MUHAMMAD IQBAL vs State S — 2025 SCMR 704 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2025 SCMR 704 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2025
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: MUHAMMAD IQBAL vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD IQBAL VS State S. 9 (c)---Recovery of narcotic substance---Un-broken chain of custody---Proof---Accused was convicted for recovery of 1400 grams of charas from his possession and was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years---Validity---Prosecution failed to prove its case against accused beyond reasonable doubt---Chain of custody remained unverified, and prosecution did not conclusively establish safe transmission of recovered contraband---Contradictions in handling of case property and failure to produce key witnesses responsible for its movement further weakened the prosecution's case---Where any link in chain of evidence remains doubtful, the benefit thereof must accrue to accused---Prosecution was under a bounded duty to establish each stage of recovery, storage, and transmission of case property with unimpeachable certainty, and its failure to do so had rendered the conviction unsustainable---Supreme Court set aside conviction and sentence imposed on accused by two Courts below and he was acquitted of the charge---Appeal was allowed.

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