Najeeb ullah vs State S — 2025 YLR 1170 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation: 2025 YLR 1170 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court: Balochistan High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Najeeb ullah vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

Najeeb ullah VS State S. 9(1)3(e)---Possession of narcotic substances---Appreciation of evidence---Safe custody and transmission of the narcotics for analysis not proved---Prosecution case was that 10-kilograms charas was recovered from the vehicle of appellants---Incharge Malkhana testified that on 07.11.2023, Investigating Officer handed over to him 12 parcels, whereof he made entry in Register No. 19 and thereafter handed over 10 parcels to Police Constable for onward transmission to the Forensic Science Laboratory for chemical analysis---Incharge Malkhana did not mention about the date and time when he handed over the said parcels to Police Constable for onward transmission to Forensic Science Laboratory---Investigating Officer stated that 12 parcels were handed over to Police Constable for onward transmission to Forensic Science Laboratory, contradicting Malkhana incharge, Police Constable and Forensic Science Laboratory Report, wherein it was clearly mentioned that 10 parcels were deposited in the office of Forensic Science Laboratory---Record reflected that the recovery was effected on 07.11.2023, but the office of Forensic Science Laboratory received the parcels on 10.11.2023, whereof no plausible explanation had been offered by any of the prosecution witnesses, which made process of safe custody and transmission of the narcotics from the place of recovery to the Malkhana and then its onward transmission to Forensic Science Laboratory doubtful---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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