MUHAMMAD YOUSUF S/O MUHAMMAD IQBAL (Appellant) VS THE STATE (Respondent)

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(a)J udgment approvcd f('r Ycs reporting.

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Ccrlilicd thal thc jrttlgntertt r/Orrlcr is bascd upon or cnuuciatcs t.pr"ilcjp{c ur rni-; iii".i,l..i'r. quisriiin ,i r",r."oiii.r, ii of nist i"'pt"ssion / distio$rishcs / ovct-rulc:;/ r,)vcrscsi;xplains a Prr:vicus dccision' .l

'strikc oul whichcvcr is not applicablc,

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(iii.l Rerder urttst ask the Judge writirlg thc Judgtnent whctbcr tho Judgnrerit is approv,:d lior reporting.

(ivt l'hose dircciions wlrich arc not to bc used should be dcletcd' r llCP., t(ar.-*L (iii) 1459-5,000*6'93-.-TS'S'

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH CIRCUIT COUBT HYDE BAd

cR.APPEAL no. o. lOY oF 2016

Muhammad Yousif S/o Muhammad lqbal, Adult, Muslim, R/o Khursheed Colony, Kotri, District Jamshoro Presently confined at central Prison Hyderabad Appella nt

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rh e State Responclent

CRIMINAL APPIAL UNDER SECTION 410 CR.PC

R/W SECTION 48 CNSA 1997.

Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the order and Judgment :.;::: rJ4,]0.2016 passed by l'/lr. Chulam Rasool Samoo, The LearnerJ Sessions .r;. ioecial Judge (N) iamshoro, whereby he convicted the appellant under sec--,- - 9'C CNS Act, 799-1 , anil sentenced him imprisonment for life and to pay .r ire :' Rs.10, 00,000/- (Rupees Ten Lac Only) or in default to suffer R.l for two ;F: -:'e. Benefit of section 382 Cr.PC also awarded to the appellant

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HTCFI COURT OF SINDH AT KARACHI

Crinrinal Appeal No.378 o( 2017.

I)resclrt:

,\I r. I uslice l)i oltttttt ttrrtl Karim l(lttu 4 s lll ,\lt. I us I icr /-ull.irttr Ali5rlrti

Appellant Mtrharlrratl Yousif s/ o lvlolrattrtnatl 1,.;[r,t l lhrottgh l\1t. Nluharrlrrr.rti Iitrtxrr.1, ALl,' ot atc

Iiespt rrrrlt,n t Ihe State througlr I Iabitr Ahnrt'ri, \l,tt i,rl Prosecutor ANIr.

Date of healirrg: 21.04.2020.

Date of Announcement 3t\.04.2020.

IUDGMTlNT

MOHAMMAD KARIN{ KHAN AGHA, J:- i\((tr\('ri Nl.lr,rrrrtrt.,i Yotrsif S/o Mohartrrrari ltll.al r.r,as tlit'tl Lrr, lr,.u n('rl S[\'( r.rl lrrrlllr (N),/5t'ssiorrsJuclgt,Jartr.lrt,t,,irtS[rt'ti.rl ( a.r' No. ','] rrl ll)ll.lrr.irril ,,trt,)l (,r'irrte Nrr.()2/2012 tr/s 9(i)ol (lontlol ol Naltotic S11[rsl,111q1"r.'\tl, I()(], rt,liistt'rt'Ll ,rt I'.s. ,\Nl, Ilrrltral..rrl .,\1iL,r trr.rl viLl,' irrrllirrr, l]t ,1.rt..,1 0.1.1(1.2()l(, th(,appclL.urt \l,rlrarrnrarl \r,trsLrl Si',r. \lolt,trrt'r.ttl lrll,.rl rr,rr rtrpyictt'ti fpr. tlrt 6llcrrrg grrrlr,r st,t titrl ()(r) <il ( \! ,\( t, l(r(r ,rlr(l scntencL'r.l t() it.lrprisr rnrttt'n t l()r-lif('ant1 to p.tt' a lint'rrl lls | ) ( ( I ( ( ) , (tr rr l.rcs) or in tlcfault io strltt.r' [i.1. ior t\1,(r \'(],lrs nrorr,. llt,ni'lil ol St t li,rrr i5l ll ol ( t l'.C. ,,r.rs alst, t,riltrrlL,ti to tlrc aP1,1,11,1111 2, tleing aggrieve(l and tlissatisfictl by tht' jucigrltent passt'tl lrt learned Special luclge (N)/Sessions Jutlgo, l;rnrslroro, llrt' atttresaitl appt'al lras been preferretl by the agrpcllant against his convictiorr.

3.The brief facts of the prosecutiorr case as unfoklcrl in tlrt'Flli.rrt' that on 19.09.2012 cornplairrant lnspcctor Syed Slrer Ali Shah Sheerazi of ANF-Hytlerabad u,as present at ANF-Station when hc roc('i\'('(l sf)\ information through superiors as u'ell as irrforrncr tlrat [)rovitrcill N.rrcotrt Srnuggler Iv{ol.rammacl Yousif S/o. Mulranr:r-ratl ltlbal Kharal is colrinll kr Klranoth Jamshoro fronr Karachi in ;r whitc colour corolla car r^ it11 l(trl1('(l number plate CP-7747 of Govcrnrnerrt arrcl if quick actior.r woultl Lre taken,

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Ilirza Khatr, sotlre visitittg c.rt,,ls .rtttl sorllt' lcceipts rvcrt' lrillr',. It'trttl lut.thcr stt,trch, tlrt- tt'gisttati0tt rl0r.tttllt'tlts ()l tll('tnl \\'t'rL'rl()t sL't ttt't'tl ()tl elrrltlir\', .1c( LISe(l rlis(l(rs('(l th.lt all.)ra! at.ltl i;tr rvt'tt' i',i\ t'll t() hirll llr I l'rli Ishir.lut' IlalLrch iIr [.er'Nlarkt:t, K.rrachi togirc tht's.]llr('t() tll( l)('r'\(rrl rr('.rr Shcll I'tnnp, Khanoth. l'lrt' rt'cor t'retl crl rvas chi'L:kt','l atrtl krtttrtl h,tt'itlrr. t:ngrrle No.081i851!) arrtl Lhassrs Ntr'('lr(;()-50()111 SLtr'lr tltt'trrt' rrl 'il.Tt'sl atttl recOYt'tv rr'.rs lrrcP.rtr'tl rr illl si1',ll,itLrlt's rrl tlt.tslltts llr('rt.rll('r,l((tl\(r and pr(rp('rtv r,r,crc llrt'n l,rr,rrl,,lrt trr r\NI-slatiort ',rltt'tc t rItI t I I.I i II ,I I I t

Iotlpictl lrlll orr beh.rli ol llrt'St,rtr'.,rl,,.rinst tlr('.trr'rrst'rl.

,1. Aftr..r usual ittVcstig.rtiorr ilrallarr ',n',tc sttlrtttiltt'rl ,rll.rn'l ,r,, rr\r ,i I\,lohamrnatl Yousif Kharal, u hilt' slrorvirrl,, tlr. t ust'tl I la jr I'lr,r,.1tri ,r. absc6ptlt,r. Chargt rrrrtlcr scr'titll ()(r) pf ( NS Att, I9()7 u'.tr tr'.rrrr',1 .rl}ljnst .rc.usr,(l Nlolr.rnrrratl YousiI to w'lrirIr lrt' PIt',ril0ri ttrrt 1',ttillt ,ttrtl cla irrretl trr Lrr trietl.

i lo l:l()\'t' its f,lst' lllt' I11rsi't ttlitrtt t'r,lttlittt'tl 0.1 rr'rittt ".t ' t' c()rlrplairl<tnl lnspt'ctot' slrt'r l\li Shalr SIrt't'r'.izi .ttt.l rtta'ltit \sl \lz.rl N.r,/er'r .ur(l trhibitctl nulr(,r'()us tlLrr Lrrrt,rlts arrtl 0ilrcr itt'rI]s .rnrl lht'rcaitcr tlrt, sirlt,of tllt,p11r1,q'1111irrn ,,n'.r. r loscrl Iirl st,rtcntr'nt ,rl tlrt' tteettserl pcrs()n \\'.rs r,.,cortlr'tl tr 's. iJl ( r I)( rn tr lrir lr h,' clt'r,r, ,.l ,rli tlr, allt.girtiorrs lc'"'clt'tl ali.rinst lrinr lri,rlcr (,r lr(, n('rtlr(,r (,\,rnrrr(,(i lrnrs! ll 1,1 t'.rllr nor c.rllerl arty rlitnt'ss in supp()rt r)i iris tlt'lcrrsr'c,rst' (r. lt'turrrl Special ltrrlllc (N),/Scssions ltrrl;,,t,, laru.hor() ,rll,,r l)(.r rr:, llrt' ltat'nctl corrrrscl lot the 1.,rrlils .u1(i (lss(ssr)r( nl rrf t,r i,iL'rrLr, .rr.rl,r1,i, ,,rr tt-crrrrl, r'icle juclgment LIatt'rl ()-1.I().1(ll6 c,rnvi,. (t rl anti st'ntt.rrr lrl thr, ,rp1,r,ll.rrrt ,r.

slittt'rl alror,rr, htnr'e this appc.tl h.t. lrt,t,r Iilt'LI lry tht, ,rpPt'll.rnl ,rll,rtnrt ltt. ( ()nvi('ti(11'1.

7.The facts of tl.re casc as rvell as eviLlence l.rrotluct'tl bekrrt, tht, trial court find an elaborate rnentior.r in the judgrnent claterl 04.-10.2()lh p.155,',1 t by the trial court and, thereforc', the sarne lnzlv nL)t lre reprocluct,tl lrort,s,, as to avoid duplication and unuecessary repetition.

.8. l-t:arttt,tl c()uns!.1 l()r tlrt .tirpt.liant lr,rs conlt,ntlt,tl (lral tlrl f-tost'cution st()rv is ni)f bclitrvablL,,rs il rvrrrr]rl Ir,rlt, Irt,t,lr intlrossrL,lL, lol tho appcllapl t(r tra\'r,l lront K;rlachi to Ilrtit,r'abarl r,r,itltt,rrl [,t,inll ,-ltr,,. l.,r'tl ,t

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by the police and as such this is a falsc cast'antl tlre tratcotics h.tve [rt't'tt foisted on the appellarrt, that there is uo evitlcnct' of saic custoLlr ol [lrt' narcotics, that a proper e'xarnination of the rrarcotic h,as n()t calricti ottt [,r the chemical analyst, that S.103 Cr.PCl wirs violatecl antl as such l'ttr.rttv ol thc above reasorls the aprpcllar-rt slroultl bt' actluittt'tl ol tho cirarl',t' lrr extencling him the beneiit of tht,rloubt. lrr supl-rrrrt Lt[ ltis ct,tttcntttrtts lrL' has placetl reliant'e ort Sherzada v. The State (1993 5CN4lt Il()), Muhammad Iqbal v. The State (2(XX) Yt.t< 275(r), Ghuncha (lul v.'l'hr State (2007 YLR 373), Amanullah alias Aman v. The State (21){)() I' t r.l I 1536), Abdul Majeed v. The State (20t4 Yl-tt 2020), Azizullah Khan and others v. The State and others (2()1.1 I'}. Cr.l.l 561), Mst. Nasreen llitri r.. The State (2014 SC.MIt l(r03), Hakarn f)een v. The State through Advocate General and 15 others (l'l-l) 2(X)(r Suplernt' ( ()urt (,,\l&K) I \), Ameer Zeb v. The State (l'l,l) 2012 Suplt,me. (lourt 1tt0), Muharnrnad Slrafi Khan v. The State (200r) i\'11,1) I59o), ttahim Cul v. -fhc Stdt( (l()l I P. Cr'.l-l i 7tr9), Abdul Sattar v. The State (2016 5( N{l{ 90(r), I'.rra l)in arrcl others v. The State (2016 5Cl\41< lt0h), Waris Khan and 2 others v. fhc State (20t)6 SCMI{ t05l), Muhamnrad Hashinr v. The State (l'l l) l0().1 Sup'r1p11€' Court 856), Jahangir Muhamrnad Khan .rnd others v. The State (20t)4 P.Crl.t-.f 1424), Fida Muhammad v. The State (2(X)5 I'( r [.] l];?tl), Fazal and 2 others v. The State (201() Ir.L-r. l.J 360), Nazeer Ahnred v. The State (Pl.D 2009 Karachi Iltl), Agh.r Qais v. The State (2()0() l' ( rl.l I 1334), Ali Hassan r,. The State (l'l.t) 2(|()l Karathi j69), Munaw.rr Ali jatoi v. The State (2012 N4l-l) 1763), AIi Muhammad v. I-he State (l'l I) 2010 Supleme Court 623), Riasat Ali v. The State (20t).1 I' Cr I I lhl), Iir,,.- ud-Din v, The State (2(X)5 Yl.R lo), The State/Anti-Narcotics t;or.r.t' through Deputy Director (Law), K.rrachi v. Muhanrmad lrshnd (l,l I ) 20t17 Karachi 238), The State th/ough Reg,ional f)irector AN l: v. Irn.rrn Bakhsh and others in Criminal Appeals Nos. 523, 524,525, 494, 45?,57 of 2017, 22 of 2018 and Criminal Petition No.94-Q of 2017 decided on 3,d October,2018, Abdul Ghani and others v. The Statc and others (l0l(r SCMI{ 608), Taimoor l(han and another v. The State and another {2{)th SCMR 621), Muhammad Naeem and another v. The State and others (PLD 2019 Suprernc Court 669) ancl Minhaj Khan v. The State (2019 scMR 126).

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9.On the other har.r,.l learncd Spccial Prosecutor ANI; has fullr supported the impugned jutigrnent. IIe has conterltieel that tlle aPPt'llaltt was caught red handed ancl arrested on the spot tlrrving tht' \'el.liclo jrr which the narcotics were found, that the narcotic was kePt in safe cuskrdt', that the chemical report u.'as positive anrJ tht'appellal'lts case at bcst is that only 30KG's of the narcotic were proprerly testctl ancl as sucll [()r.]ll th(' above reasons the prosecution haci provecl its casc beyond a rcits()tt.rble doubt and the appeal shoulci be tlisnrissccl,

10.We have hearcl the arguments ()f tlre learned couns('l for tlrc paltit's 8o11e through the etrtirt. evir-lence which l.ras bccn rt-.td out lrr tht appellarrt, thc imp ugnetl juclgmerrt witlr thcir able assistanc( an,.l havt cousidcreel the relevant lavv inch,rr.ling that cited at the bar.

11.After our reassessmcnt of thc t.viclenct w,e hirvt' fountl lh.rt t lrr pr()secution has provetl its casc beyond a lensorrtrble tlou!t .11';111.1 tlrt appellant for the folkrwinll reasons:-

(a)The FIR was krtlllt'd rvitlr prro6pfilptic;iivirrg rro time for concrxtion arrtl tht S.16.1 stakrnrt,nts w('rc recorded pronrptly which wert' n()t siglrili..lntly itnprover,l ugron 1.r1, anv [)!V at tht. tirnt' ol giving er, idence,

(b)It is settled by now that thr.re is no leg.rl restlictior.r on the conrplainarrt lrcing tltc I() ]:rr:r,itlttl that no anirnosity or enmitv is.rlleged against hirn b), th(, accusetl and none hr.rs bet,r.r allegctl irr tlris case. lrr this t'espect relianct is pl;rcecl on Zafar V State (20()ti scrN{R 1254)

(<) 'l hat the arr(.st and rLlc()vert, n,trs nrntic on the spr)l and thc appellant u,as caught recl hanr.letl with thr' narCotiCS bl, tht' prolicc wl'tose tvitletrce fullv ct:rroboratcs t'.rclr otlrcr in all m.rtcrial lcspt cts as u t'll as tho prosccution case, It is rvell settletl b_v now that , the evitlt,nce of a police n,itness is as rcliablo as arrv other witness providerl that no etrnritl,' exists b('tween thetn ancl the accusecl anrl in this case no enrnitv h.rs br.:en suggestc'tl against auv of the policc PtrV's ancJ as such the l.rolice harl r.ro reason to [alselv irnplicate the appellant in a falst, case. f hus wt' lrt licvt. thc pglil'g eviLlence ra,l.riclr is corroborative in all r:rate.rial lespccts. Reliarrce in this resp.rect is place'cl otr tlrt' unreportetl rec€rnt supreme court case of Mushtaq

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Ahmed V The State clated 09-tll-2020 in Criminal Petition No.370 of 2019 n,here. it rvas held in nraterial part as uncler at para 3;

"Proseculiort tnse ts lingcd trpott llrc st tt'tn?nts of Annir Mtsood, TSI (PW-2) atd Abirl Hussnin, 336-C (PW-3); bting o.ffiL'inls o.[ tlu' Repuhlic, lltey do not stenr to lnn,c nn nrr to grind ngninsl lln' pctitionar, inlertt'ytlLd nl rt puhl i c pl nre d t r i n g ron I i t t' srn rcl t. (' o t t t rnbrt t d, t t r

consitkrr tlt in qrnntity, ulnlLol he f)ssihl1 l'oisted lo lnltricnlr n lhkt rlttrgt', lltrrl lttrt, toitltttttt rttttl ll,li ft'trI rtustttt; ultiIr fitrtttslttttg ettidettct', bttlh lltt' rt,ifur|ssr's rL' tt trtl tl rou gl ror r t t o nst s tt' tl t tt ul t o r.f i dt' t t' i sp i r i g t t tt tr tt

nnd ns strclt ctrtt t*, rrlttl rtyr.,tt tt,itlnttl rr denur."

(rl)I'hat the spv inforrnation about tlre car ineltrciinli its registration nunrbt,r and tlrt: routt, it u,rrultl taLr. artcl everr tht name o[ thc appt,llrnt as the clriver ol the car whiclr lv;rs .rlso r(,r'()\/rre!l lr,ith takc, nLrrnbt'r plates fully corrobtrratcs tht' prosccution casc sirlc(' tl-ris is tlre car in which tht- apprell2pl wtrs tllivinll, str:ppecl anel arrt stt,tl w-hilst procceding alolrg tht, inftlrme tl route antl the rrart otie s tlist ovt,rt'tl n,hit lr !i'r:s r€COverptl along rvith thr, c.rr

(tJ That thorr: ale rto rn.rior corrtratlictions irt tht, evie{ence of tl.re I)!V's arrtl it is n,tll scttlt,tl [rv rrou, th.rt milror corttrarlictiorrs rr,hie h clo rrot e tlt,t I tlrt, nrateriality oi the cvit{ence t:an [rt, ignorctl. ln this respect re.liarl'r, is plirr:td on Zakir Khan V State (1e95 SCMR r7e3).

(i)Most significantly tlrt, Iarcotits 11,1,1g 11.. 1rr 1,rt,.i lronr tht' r-ar zr,/li./, tlrc appelltrrt n<ttulul to tht police ancl he was tirc onlrl person in tht nr and as srrch there is no donbt that the accustd harl uctuul ktrotulcdge oI the narcotics r.vhiclr rt,crt' bcin]l trtrnsPortctl. l'ht, car was reco,,,t'rt'rl .tlrrng ,,r ith tltr. narcotics. lrr this rt,spect irr thc sirrrilar cast' ol Nadir Kharr V State (199tt SCN'Ilt lU99) it u,.rs ht'ltl as u ntl cr:-

"We hnrc goft llrturgh tltt r.,t,idL, tt o rritonl md lind tlnt tltc yrtiltoners lut(l tlx' tlurgc of Uelick, lbr rt lottg jourtntl sltrling froDr Peslntonr atul ttrnttnnting nt K rutdti. llR'll had tlu, drtutrrg licenses tlso. As being parson irrcharge o/ the rehicle for such a long journey, tlrcy nrust be saddled u,ith tlu, necessanl knoulcdge u'ith regard lo tlrc ztehicle nnd its .(rnto ts. l'lr probrtbilitirs or

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the pre*nrytiorts rrre nll rlcltendutts tttr tltt circuntstrtnces o.f each .:se nnd rtr the prcsurl mse the circutttsltnces frrlly cslnhlish tlu'ir krtoruledge ind nuarencss o.f tlr contenls and lheir etptlnnntiotr sltotlitrg tltc igtrornrtr nttur ly strlngtltttrs tlurl totrcltrsittn ntlt'r thnn rueakening 11". (troltl adclecl)

Ir-r this regalcl leli.rnct' is also ;rlacetl orr Hussain Shah .rntl others V The State (PLD 202t) SC 132) n,hich is sitrril.rr to thr' facts and tir'( unltl,tnc('. r,l this t,tst'.

(g)Fultherrnore, Ut.ttler 5.29 (INSA ottct'the rt'covt'tv lr,rs been prove.n as irr this case the onus shifts to tht'actust'tl kr shon, his irrnoct'nce in that at lt'ast lrc hatl tto knLrtllt'ti11t'r,l the narcotics. Thc aprpcllant has not bcen.rblt'to rltr so in lhis case. In thc c.rse of Mehboob-Ur-Rehman V State (2011) MLD 481) it r.r,as ht lrl as uncler in this rt'sf't'ct at I'j{u5 l'lra 't

"Llnder tlp prouisiotrs r-tl- st't'ttLttt )9 ol tlt( (',N.5. Ar / onte tlP ri'(otYrV o.l to lt'',l ht(ls ttrts tnb fi.ortr rt priutte t'ar u,ltitlt u'rts by tlu'tt itt (onlrol ol' llr, l lrl appellnnts, lltt' btrdett lo t'tplrtitt lfu(' /,()ssastirrlr rulrctlrt'r nthtnl or cottslrrtclit'r' tltts im llr rtyytllnttlr lo disLlmrg: bttt tttitlrcr llt'y ltrrlt lnl rtnl ti'rrh'tt,,' rtt dt.fence ttor lmt'c rtltptnretl itt dtsprool ol lltt ltrostultt.lt et,identt: rrnder scctron 340(2), Cr.l'.C. tlttr: llu' tlnrtt lnid upot tlu,m luts rrnutitrtl ttnrebrrtlcrl".

(h)'fhat it w,oulel Lrc extrcnrt ll difficult to foist suclr a Iargc amount of clrirras beirrg in k)tal i00 KC's as ntentionetl in Mustacl Ah med's case (5u pra ) .r ntl Thc State V Abclali Shah (20t)9 S( lvlll 2(]l).

(i)T'hat there ra,,as no dcla), in scneling tlrt'clrernical report fol analysis r.r'hiclr turntrl out to lre Positivt'. Lven if at best it is acct'pterl tlrat onl,v ll0KCi's t haras of the cheurical lcst coulcl be salelv rr:lictl rrpon thir would still k'atl to.r Iifc sentcnct'.

O That the recovtrecl narc()tics were kopt in saft' crrstody fror.rr the tinre of their reco\/ery to thc time when they rvere taken for clrernical arraly'sis.rncl rro suggesti()n of tarn;rering n ith the same has evcu been ). matle. The narcotics wert sealecl on the spot, remainer,l sealed i11 the malklrana trefore tre.ing transportt-ci to tho chernical examinel'alrtl reached tlte chetnical exarnincr in a sealccl conclitiorr .rs per tlrt, chemical report. In this respect rt,liance is placed orr the recent Supreme Court case of Zahid and Iliaz Ali V State tlatetl 03-03-2020 (unrcported) in Jail Appeal No.172 of 201ft. Although this cast' cotrct'rnt'tl r.rpt' sittce it concernctl the saft custorlv o[ certain sn,abs

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s(l bcing sent tcr thc chentical examincr rt't' consitlt'r its fi:rtiings to be ctlualll'applicaLrle to the sa[c custollv oI narcotics being sent to tht' chemical cx.rtlrinet' lvhich held as urttler at para 5 ilt ul,lt('ri.ll P.lrt;

"Tlp chentit:al examiner's repor! prttdtrced bry tlu' lnly rloctor stntcs lhnt tl:ac senls of spetinrcns settl frtr cluntictll etnninnltrttt tt,trt raccirctl inlru:l rtttd il tt'ns tlr chentiol ttranuu'r .llp lxll firikt:n o1u'tt tl*'sutls tlvreforc, lln' t'tltlcntiott of lltc prttliotn't-s' lnrntl counsel rcgnrding tltt' sn.li' lnutsmnsiotr ol llu' spectnrc s is lisrLturtad botlt lty lhis fn't nc ('cll ns I'tl tlte .fucl tlutt rto tltr(sliort ruits lutl rtgtnltttg trttttpr:rittt of thc snul stnls."

(k)'Ihat although no itrdepctrde'trt masltir w'as associater'l u,ith tlrt' arrest .rnrl recovt'tt' of tht' appellant it has conre in evidettct' tlt.lt n() f)rivat(' persoll w.]s preparetl to l-rccornc an intle]rt'rrdctrt mashir at tlre time of .rrrest antl rt'covt'ry tlt'sPitt' being aske.tl. tivetr otherr,r,is<' S..l ()3 Cr.l'.C is e'rcludt'el for offenses falling undcr tl.rt' ( ontrol ol N.1rc()ti( Substances Act l(197 [ry virttrt, of 5.25 ol th.]t Act. ltr this respcct rt'liance is plaeeti otr tl'tt' cast' r't Muhammad Hanif V. The State (2(X)3 SC'NIl{ 1237).

(l)if the appcllant rvas inrrocettt th.-'n rvhv rvas ht' tlliving a c.rr rvith ialsc platr's? Ihis has t.tot bcttl explainecl. Fulthonlort', if thc ANIi hirtl rvantcri to lir the appellant in a false ( ase w hy w't,ulcl tlrt'r, lxrtht'r' foisting 300 K(l's of charas ot.t hinr ,'r'ht'rr a tnuclr Iesser amorrnt rvoulel havt, sorvetl tht' purp()su. I-jkewise, if thc. ANt'*,antt,tl to fix lht'a1:pt'llant irr a false case u,h,r, rlitl tht'v Lrother attenrptinl] t() ftuc(' ()ut Muhamrlccl lshaque rvlro .rllt'gorilv g.rr.'e hitrt tlrl narcotics for tlelivt:rl' irt thc c.rr w'lto w'.ts tlr.'e larcd .rs an absconcler in the casr' antl prrtct:etl to tlrt' pt'trtrl pump wlrere thc dt'livery was ttt be'tnatlt'to trt'.ttrrl trac€'out the person ,,vlto n'as to rt'ct'ivt' tllt'(l('li\'('r\' Such actions bv the ANF p()li(re dr) rrot appttrl to ltliic. rtason ()r colnnl(rrlsonse it thev otrly \\'.rrto(l t() lix thc appellant.

(rn)No tloubt it is for thc prosecu tiorr t() pr()\,(' its case against the accusccl bcyoutl a reason.rblc douLrt btrt we havt, also consirlererl thc r,lcfcnse cast'wlrich we ciisbelir.ve. Ihis is bectrusc thc appellant simpll' raised thc defense that lre hac{ bccn lalsely irnplicatccl bJ,one Haji Abtlullah u'ho lre harl tr rlisputo witlr ovt'r a lcase of a pctrol pump. He ditl not put this rcason for false implicatiorr to any PW antl ntrr has his cloferrse got anvtlring to clo w,ith tlrc ANI;polico w,lttr he clid rrot allegc. h.rri collurltcl r,r,ith the saitl llaii Abdullah irr orrler to file a false c.rse against hinr

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\q cluring their closs examination. He ditl not givc evidence on ttath tx call a single tlefense $'itness ill support of his case.

17.fhus, lol tltt' relstrns tlrt'rlliorletl alrolt', tlt' till(l llr.rt tlr(' Ir'( )s('ctl tiorr It.rs p.rr()r't'cl its casr.' bt'r'trlrtl a rt'.tsi'lt.tL''lt'tltrttl't ali.trrl'l

lht,irppt' ;rnt anrl tht'intpulltrt'cl jtrtigtttt'rtt rs uplrt'lti anL{ tht' .rp1'L'.11 is tlisrrrisserl.

t3. rc ir1'rpeal is clispost'tl ol irt thL' b()\'t't('rllls Ih' lurx;r

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