ASIF vs STATE — 2026 SCMR 582 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2026 SCMR 582 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2026
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: ASIF vs STATE
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

ASIF VS STATE. S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotic substances---Reappraisal of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Safe transmission of the sealed parcels from the police station to the Forensic Science Laboratory not proved. Prosecution case was that considerable quantity of narcotic substance was recovered from the vehicle driven by the accused-petitioner. Record indicated that the samples were handed over to a Constable, who had delivered the sealed parcels at the office of the Forensic Science Laboratory. Said Constable was not produced as witness; neither the prosecution had brought on record reliable, trustworthy and confidence inspiring evidence to prove the safe transmission of the sealed parcels from the police station to the Forensic Science Laboratory. Failure on part of the prosecution to prove safe transmission of the sealed samples from the police station to the Forensic Science Laboratory had profoundly affected the evidentiary value of the positive report submitted by the latter. Said fact had created doubt regarding the safe transmission of the samples and had raised question relating to the samples as being the same which were separated from the narcotic substance seized on the eventful day. Therefore, the benefit of doubt, as of right to the appellant, could not have been withheld. Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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