STATE vs NASIR KHAN Ss — 2026 MLD 926 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation: 2026 MLD 926 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court: Balochistan High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: MLD
Parties: STATE vs NASIR KHAN Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 265-K---I; S. 265-K; Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898); Foreign Exchange Regulation Act

Fields are extracted from the reported citation and judgment text. Where a detail is not stated in the record, it is not shown.

Judgment text as reported

STATE VS NASIR KHAN Ss. 4(i), 5 & 23(3A)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S.265-K---Illegal sale and purchase of foreign exchange---Appreciation of evidence---Appeal against acquittal---Pre-conditions---Non-recovery of foreign exchange---Authorities challenged acquittal of accused persons by Trial Court under S.265-K, Cr.P.C.---Validity---Prosecution failed to recover any foreign currency from accused persons and did not establish that bank transactions of Pakistani currency created any link between accused persons and illegal foreign exchange business---Mere huge transactions in bank accounts were not sufficient to constitute cognizable offence under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947---Initial burden always remained upon prosecution to prove its case through tangible evidence---In absence of reliable evidence, prosecution story became doubtful---High Court declined to interfere with findings of Trial Court as acquittal order was legally sound and free from perversity or legal error---Once accused was acquitted after due application of mind, presumption of double innocence attached to him unless acquittal was shown to be perverse---Appeal was dismissed, in circumstances.

Other judgments reported in 2026 MLD

2026 MLD 287 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIRMuhammad Jameel Khan VS Saghir Hussain. Ss. 324, 341, 337-D, 337-F(iii) & 34---Offences against Property (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance (…
2026 MLD 268 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTANNASEEBULLAH VS NAQEEBULLAH S.497(5)---Pakistan Penal Code, Ss.302,324,506(2),504 & 34---Cancellation of bail---Bail granted by competent Cou…
2026 MLD 268 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTANNASEEBULLAH VS NAQEEBULLAH S.497(5)---Bail cancellation---Principles---After grant of bail, strong and exceptional reasons are required for…
2026 MLD 206 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTANRIAZ AHMAD VS STATE Ss.4 & 5---Anti-Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997), Ss.6(2)(ee), 7(1)(ff), 11-F, 27-A & 21(I)---Making or possessing explosiv…
2026 MLD 206 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTANRIAZ AHMAD VS STATE Ss.4 & 5---Anti-Terrorism Act---Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, Art.38---Disclosure before police---Confession made before polic…
2026 MLD 206 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTANRIAZ AHMAD VS STATE Benefit of doubt---Principle---Single reasonable doubt regarding guilt of accused is sufficient for acquittal.

Back to the case-law library · Search Pakistani case law in Urdu or English