Citation Name: 2025 YLR 1052 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHBookmark this Case SULTAN AZIZ vs State S — 2025 YLR 1052 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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Citation: 2025 YLR 1052 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Citation Name: 2025 YLR 1052 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHBookmark this Case SULTAN AZIZ vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 497---; S. 9---P; Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997)

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Judgment text as reported

Citation Name: 2025 YLR 1052 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHBookmark this Case SULTAN AZIZ VS State S. 497--- Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), S. 9---Possession of narcotic substances---Bail, grant of---Heroin weighing 18.785 kilograms was recovered from the luggage of person "Z", however the level of Anti-Narcotics Force's (ANF) investigation and prosecution left a lot to be desired---No effective efforts were taken to discover the origins of the heroin or to bring to task the actual mastermind of the smuggling attempt---Until and unless the masterminds of the drug trade were brought to justice, the poverty of the drug mules would continue to be used by the drug barons, and only the names of such mules would keep changing---As per the FIR, narcotic was recovered from luggage of "Z" which was in his sole possession---Mere fact that petitioner picked up "Z" from a hotel and dropped him at airport terminal and that three people purchased tickets, together was not sufficient to deny bail to the peti-tioner---Apart from CCTV footage and purchasing of tickets, there appeared to be no other evidence which prima facie showed that petitioner shared a common intention with "Z" or that he was the person who had supplied drugs to "Z"---Petitioner was admitted to bail, in circumstances.

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