Asad Vs The State

.ludqment Shcet

I'}lTSI IAWAR HIGH COUR'l'.

A Il IIO'I']-ABAD BEINC I I.

.l u I ) I (: I I l. I ) t., l) I ltl' l,il.. N7 Cr.A No.6tt-A of 2017 JtlD(iM|,-Nl l)ctte of'heurirr.q. . ..........30. l0 2018... 7 p y: I I tt n 1 (.s ) ... ( tl s a ri ) b y- Mr. As cttl K han, ldvocale ....

ila,:pondant(s)...('l'ht Slole etc) by Mr. Yasir Zahoor lhbasi. /ssislunt y'G.

SYF]I) MUHAMAMD ATTIOTJI,] SIIAII. ,I

i'lris appcal is clircctcd against thc .judgnrcnt datccl 2i.05.2017 rccordccl by lcarncd Additional Scssions J ridgc-V / Judgc Spccial Court, Manschla, in casc Iilll No.6lJti datcd 03.07.20 13 ur.rdcl Scction 9-C (lNS Act, 1997, Policc Station (liry, Manschra, whcrcirr.

thc prcscnl appcllant Asad Khan rvas conrrictcri r.rrrck:r scclion 9-C CINSA and scnl.cnccd to onc vcirr Iligolor-rs Intprisonmcnt and rvas held Iiablc to pay a llnc o1' Its.l5.000i- ol in dcl'ault thcrr:ol. hc has 1o sui'icr Ilu'rhcl onc monlh Sirr-rplc Imprisonrncnt.

.l 'l'hc allcgation against rhc appcllant, as

narrar-ccl in l;.l.lL (Ex.lrA/l ) is thai hc was {bunci in possr-'ssiorr ol' I 100 {lrar-ns oi' 'charas, hy d

lnspcctor/SI lO/complainant Amjad I lussain (PW-5) on 03.07.2013 and hc was arrcstcd in thc casc. Alicr invcstigation, challarr was subtllit.tcd against tlrc appcllanl. 'l'hc appcllant was chargcd lbr thc ol'lcncc undcr scctiong-C CNSA, but hc did not plcad guilty and r:lairnccl trial. 'l'hc prosccution cxamincd SIX rvilncsscs in support o['its casc against thc appcllant.

4 I'hc appcllant was cxamincd undct Scction 342 Cr.P.C., whcrcin, hc picadcd innoccncc ancl lirlsc implication. c wishcd not to prrrdLrcc dcl'cncc cvidcncc or to givc statcmcnts on Oath.

.5. l,calnccl counscl ltrr thc appcllant vchcrncntly argr-rccl that thc prosccution had {'ailcd to provc thc czrsc against thc prcscnt appcllant; that nothing was rccovcrcd liom posscssion ol' thc appcllant; and that lhc rccovcry ol''charas' liom posscssion o1'appcllant was not cstablishcd in accordancc rvitlr lar,i, 6 In rc bultal, lcarncd n A(l opposccl thc contcntions ol' thc lcarncd dcl-cncr: cor-mscl and contcndcd that thc rccovcry o{''charas w-as duly rr-racic {iorr-r posscssion ol thc appcllant, ra,hicl-r rvas clr_rly provcd 1l-rlough lcstimony ol' witrrcsscs having Io r:nmity, r,,,itlr hirn

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1.Argutncnts of thc lcarncd counscl firr thc appcllant and lcamcd Assistant AG hcard and tl.rc avai lablc rccord pcruscd.

It" l)crusal of rccord would rcvcal that I'}W-4 Ishtiaq No.47 I had lurnishcd his tcstirr.rony bclbrc thc lcarncd trial Court as trarginal witttcss to l'coovcry mcrno lix.PW 4/1 through which thc cornplainant of thc ceisc, Amjad I lussain, SIIO has rccovcrcd allc-ecd contlaband liorr posscssion o1- thc appcllant. It is cvidcnt liom rccord ol'thc casc that appcllant was shown to havc bccn apprchcndcd liorr (lollcec 'l)ohrah ' ncar 'Mama I Iotcl', at 18.40 houls on 03.07.20 ll, whioh is admincdly a br-rsy placc haring rrarkcts and main KKI I road. I lowcvcr, no indcpcndcnt pcrson was associalcd wirh thc said rccovcry. Morcovcr, thc allcgcd recovcry was cl-lcctcd on 03.07.2013, whcrcas, it was rcccivcd in liSL, I)cshawar, <tn 26.07.2013 i.c. aficr" twcnty lour clays, as is cvidcnt Inrm lcpor-t ol' l.SL, (1,)x.pZ).

Nothir-rg is availablc on Lccord o['thc casc as to whcrc thc allcgcd samplcs wcrc lying lbr [wcnty 1bur. long days altcr its rccovcry, which raiscd doubt rcgarding sal'c custody ol'tl-rc matcrial and no cxplanation is

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lirrtl.rcorning rcgarding its latc dispatch to thc liSL, l)cshawar. No cxplanation on thc part ol' thc prosccutron ]S lbr1l-rcoming or-r rccord quii suclr considcrablc dclay lll dispatch ol' parccls.'l'hc prcvior-rs conviction ol- rhc appcllant could not bc cstablishcd by thc proscculior-r ir-r accordancc with lara,,.

lhus. thc abovc glaring lapscs/clcnts in tl.rc ir-rvcstigation crcatc scrious doubt in lhc prosccution casc and bcncl-it ol' thc samc should havc bccn cxtcndcd b thc appcllant. It is wcll scttlccl law tl'ral cvcn a singlc doubt, il' lbund rcasorrablc. wor-rld cnt.i1.lc thc accuscd pcrson b acquittal and not a combination ol' scvcral cloubts. Ilcliancc is placcd on casc tillcd 'Ghulunt Qadir Vs. The State'(200ti SCMR l22l), whcrcin, it has hcld that:

"ll needs no reiterution that ./itr the purpose rt'givin[i hene/it rtf tlouht to utt occused persun, mlra lhun 0ne in./irmit.y is not requircd, o single i n./i r ntillt cr ing retsonuhle ouht in the mind ol o retsontble und prudent mind regarding the truth o/ chorge- mtkers the whole (,lsa loubl/itl.

Merely bccrruse the burden is on oc<'used to prove his innocence il does ttttl uhsolve llte prosecation to prove its i urse ugoinst llte uccused beyonil ony,

shutlot, tt tlouht in this tlult' tlocs ttttt cltunge or vary in tlte cuse."

I{cliancc is also placcd on casc iarv rcportcci as 2009 sCrvrrr 230 1995 sCMll l34s 2017 SCMIt 596 and 2017 scMlt 709.

9.Accordingly, lor thc rcasons statcd

l-r crc ir-rabovc, this appcal is acccptccl, thc conviclitrn and scntcncc awardcd 1o thc appcllant vidc thc inrpr.rgncd .judgmcnt datcd 23.05.20 I 7 passcd b1, lcarncd Judgc Spccial Court, Manschra, arc sct asidc ancl hc is accluittccl ol'thc chalgc lcvclcd against hirtt irr lh is casc.

'l'hc appcllants bcing on bai I stands

ciischargcd liom thc Iiability of bail boirds nno un t:ctl-

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