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---Sentence, quantum of---Mitigating circumstances---Sentence, reduction in---Prosecution case was that 1080-gram charas was recovered from the possession of accused-petitioner---Record showed that the Trial Court, as well as the High Court, rightly convicted the convict-appellant, however, after taking into account the mitigating factor present in this case, particularly the minor discrepancy in the packaging of the contraband, it was just and appropriate to modify the sentence---Accordingly, the judgments of both the Courts below were modified and the convict-appellant was hereby sentenced to 05 years of simple imprisonment---With said modification in the sentence, appeal was partially accepted.

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