The Classes Courtroom despatched an aged lady to jail for ten years in a drug-trafficking case. Rukhsana was discovered responsible of smuggling crystal meth, or ice, from Balochistan to Karachi in November 2023.
Extra Classes Choose (West) Aurangzeb Shah introduced the decision after recording the proof and shutting arguments of either side.
He awarded ten years imprisonment to the convict and ordered her to pay a wonderful of Rs 200,000. In case of non-payment of the wonderful, she must spend one other six months in jail.
“After a radical examination of the case as a complete, with explicit emphasis on the trafficking of the crystal by the accused lady, it’s unmistakably clear that the matter examined has been conclusively proved in opposition to her,” dominated the choose.
He stated the girl was discovered dealing in unlawful narcotics cleverly hid in her garments and this was confirmed by conclusive proof. “When coping with narcotics circumstances, courts are anticipated to take a proactive method somewhat than acquitting defendants on technicalities. The discovered protection counsel identified sure contradictions within the proof adduced, however I take into account them inadequate to problem the prosecution’s case,” he famous. “It’s a well-established precept that minor discrepancies could happen in any case, as no testimony might be as correct as {a photograph}.”
The choose additionally rejected the protection’s argument that the witnesses had been cops, saying it was a well-established precept of legislation that police witnesses have the identical credibility as different public witnesses.
In keeping with Public Prosecutor Muhammad Arif Sitai, on November 19, 2023, a police patrol group acquired intelligence data {that a} lady was current on the Yousuf Goth bus terminal in Saeedabad, who was in possession of medicine.
Primarily based on this data, they known as the police officer, who accompanied them to the designated place to detain the suspect. In the course of the search, a bag containing 1,010 grams of crystal, money of Rs 9,000, a cell phone and a Turbat bus ticket to Karachi was recovered from the girl.
She revealed to the police that the drug was despatched by Mehboob from Turbat. In her assertion, the girl claimed her innocence, saying that she was falsely implicated within the case at hand. She claimed that the seized medicine had been planted on her. The FIR was filed beneath Part 6/9(2)6 of the Narcotic Medication (Modification) Act, 2022.
