Sadam Khan vs State S — 2025 YLR 327 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation: 2025 YLR 327 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court: Balochistan High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Sadam Khan vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

Sadam Khan VS State S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotic substances---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of contraband doubtful---Prosecution case was that 80-kilograms charas was recovered from the vehicle of accused persons---Record showed that complainant neither mentioned in his statement that as to whom he had handed over the parcels after the recovery nor did he state that when did the Investigating Officer came to the spot---During cross-examination, complainant admitted that from recovered eighty packets of baked charas, no separate samples were drawn and that only one parcel was prepared and sent for chemical analysis---Recovery witness stated during cross-examination that when parcel was opened although it contained 79 small packets, but in one packet only one slab was found present, which he produced---Said witness produced 78 packets of charas, each containing 2-slabs, whereas one packet contained half kilogram---Narcotics Testing Laboratory, after the analysis of narcotics in its report mentioned that 79 kilograms of Hashish Pukhta was being returned, but when recovery witness opened the said parcel, it weighed 78.5 kilograms, whereof there was no explanation regarding the missing 0.5 kilogram of 'charas', making the Narcotics Testing Laboratory Report and recovery of contraband doubtful---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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