Syed Sajjad Hussain Shah vs State — 2026 PCrLJ 93 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR

Case information

Citation: 2026 PCrLJ 93 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2026
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: Syed Sajjad Hussain Shah vs State
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

Syed Sajjad Hussain Shah VS State. S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotic substances---Reappraisal of evidence---Safe custody of recovered substance and its safe transmission to the laboratory proved---Prosecution case was that 1080-gram charas was recovered from the possession of accused-petitioner---In the case at hand, the safe transmission of the contraband sample for forensic analysis was proved from the record---Transmission was entrusted to a Police Official who, during his cross-examination, testified that he received Parcel No.1 from the Police Station on June 07, 2023, and submitted it to the Forensic Science Laboratory on the same day---He further asserted that the parcel remained intact throughout the process---Moharrar at the Police Station corroborated this by stating that the parcel was submitted to him by the complainant on June 04, 2023, and was then sent through said Police Official for chemical analysis---Said consistent testimony from the witnesses established, with sufficient clarity, that the chain of custody and the safe transmission of the contraband was unbroken, which in turn strengthened the reliability of the prosecution's case---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case beyond shadow of doubt, however, due to mitigating circumstances, the sentence was reduced to 05 years imprisonment---With said modification in sentence, the appeal was partially accepted.

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