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| 2026 SLG 4197 = 2026 SLD 4197 |
Peshawar High Court
Cr. A No. 668-P/2025
Presented By: SAHIBZADA ASADULLAH JUDGE
Date of hearing: 26.11.2025 Appellant by: Mr. Sohail Akhtar, Advocate. The State by: Mr. Mushtaq Rahim, AAG.
Cr. A No. 668-P/2025
Presented By: SAHIBZADA ASADULLAH JUDGE
Date of hearing: 26.11.2025 Appellant by: Mr. Sohail Akhtar, Advocate. The State by: Mr. Mushtaq Rahim, AAG.
Muhammad Sajid
VS
The State
Law: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
Section: 382-B, 265-C, 342, 340(2)
Tagline
Mere presence in a vehicle containing narcotics does not establish conscious possession or joint liability; where the prosecution fails to prove knowledge, control, prior association or common design, the accused are entitled to benefit of doubt.
Summary
The appellants were convicted under Section 9-D CNSA, 2019 and sentenced to life imprisonment with fine of Rs.500,000 each after 14,400 grams of charas was allegedly recovered from a white Suzuki car.
The prosecution's case was that Muhammad Sajid was driving the vehicle and Muhammad Faisal was sitting in the front passenger seat, while the narcotics were recovered from a sack lying on the rear seat.