Maqbool Ali vs State S — 2025 YLR 2801 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2025 YLR 2801 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Maqbool Ali vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 497---C; S. 9; S. 59; Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997); Customs Act

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Judgment text as reported

Maqbool Ali VS State S. 497---Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997), S. 9(1), Sr.No.(6)(c)---Possession of narcotic substances---Bail, refusal of---Allegation against the accused-petitioner was that 1060-gram heroin was recovered from his possession---Claim of petitioner was that his arrest by Sub-Inspector, Pakistan Rangers, had vitiated the whole proceedings---Such claim could not be honoured due to two substantive reasons, firstly, with all just legal exceptions, officers of different categories of Pakistan Rangers were also authorized to exercise powers under respective provisions of Customs Act, 1969, in the light of a Notification of year 2010---Secondly, officers of Pakistan Rangers after arrest, search and seizure of narcotics had handed over the accused/petitioner to the local police, which power was available even to every private individual under S.59 of the Cr.P.C.---Thus, no illegality had been observed, particularly when the case had been investigated by the police---Huge quantity of heroin had been recovered from the possession of petitioner with his active knowledge, which could not be termed as an innocent mistake---Nothing was available on record which could prima facie show that Pakistan Rangers had any ill-will or ulterior motive to falsely implicate the petitioner in the case---Apparently, sufficient material was available on record to connect the petitioner with the commission of alleged crime---Bal petition was dismissed, in circumstances.

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