Jahangir Khan vs State S — 2025 YLR 1457 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2025 YLR 1457 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Jahangir Khan vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 9; S. 103

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Judgment text as reported

Jahangir Khan VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotic substances---Appreciation of evidence---Non-association of private witnesses at the time of recovery and arrest---Effect---Prosecution case was that 13-kilograms and 200-grams opium and 4800-grams charas were recovered from the secret cavities of the vehicle driven by accused---Applicability of S.103, Cr.P.C, in the narcotics cases had been excluded and the non-inclusion of any private witness was not a serious defect to vitiate the conviction---Normally people avoid to give evidence against drug peddlers due to fear of their lives---So-far as the evidence of the Police Officials was concerned, they were competent like other witnesses and their evidence could not be brushed aside merely on the pretext that they were Police Officials---Police witnesses had furnished straightforward and confidence-inspiring evidence and nothing had come on record to show that they had deposed against the appellant maliciously or out of any animus and it could not be believed that the Police Officials would plant or foist such a huge contraband against present appellant at their own resources---Moreover, the statement of official witness could not be discarded merely for the reason that they were Police Officials---Circumstances established that the prosecution had successfully established the guilt against the appellant beyond the shadow of any reasonable doubt---Appeal against conviction was dismissed accordingly.

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