Munshiat 9c main bari Acquittal in narcotics by Supreme Court contradiction in statement of witnesses
Acquittal in 9C Acquittal in narcotics Supreme Court declare in the following judgement Contradictions and grounds of acquittal T he petitioner’s conviction primarily rests on the testimonies of police Constable Yasir Ali (PW-1) and Sub-Inspector and complainant Abid Hussain (PW-2). Both these witnesses stated that when they were deployed at Police Post Hattian they, in a private Honda car, drove to the place of occurrence where they saw in the petitioner’s right hand a blue shopping bag which after it was searched had 1430 grams of suspected narcotic substance, which the chemical examiner’s report states to be charas. Recovery memorandums were prepared and PW-1 was a witness to these recovery memorandums (Exhibits PA and PB) and the other witness to them was Constable Jehanzeb Khan, but the prosecution did not produce him as a witness. PW- 1 stated that the place of occurrence, that is the place where the petitioner was apprehended and arrested, “was at a distance of a