KARACHI, May 2: A special CNS (control of narcotic substances) court on Monday exonerated a suspect from charges of keeping five kilograms of hashish.
Jaseemuddin was booked under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act by the Brigade police station in 2005 and has since been behind bars.The Special CNS Court-II Judge, Sanaullah Khan Ghoury, pronounced the order after recording evidence of witnesses and hearing final arguments from both sides.
In his verdict, the judge observed that there were material contradictions in the statements of the prosecution witnesses, adding that the conflicting versions of police about the weight of recovery also spoiled the case of the prosecution.
The police claimed that they had recovered five kilograms of hashish out of which 20 grams were sent for a chemical examination, but the weight of the case property (hashish) was still over five kilograms when it was produced in court, the verdict concluded.
According to the prosecution, the police arrested the accused due to his suspicious appearance within the remit of the Brigade police station on Aug 12, 2005 and on a lead given by him five kilograms of hashish was found near Numaish Chowrangi.
A case was registered against the accused under Section 6/9-C of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 at the Brigade police station.
The court directed the jail authorities to release the accused if he was not wanted in any other case.
Spurious drugs case
A drugs court indicted three men in a case pertaining to the sale of unauthorised and spurious medicines.
Faheem Khan, Ghulam Nabi and Mohammed Tariq are facing charges of stocking and exhibiting unlawful and spurious drugs for sale at their medical store in Khairpur district in 2009.
The chairman of a three-member jury of the drugs court, Saathi M. Ishaq, read out the charges. However, the accused pleaded not guilty and opted to contest the allegations.
The court summoned the prosecution witnesses with direction to record their testimonies on the next hearing.
According to the prosecution, a drugs inspector raided Ali Medical Store on Dec 23, 2009 and seized medicines not meant for sale. The seizure included physicians' samples and medicines belonging to the National Programme for Family Health and government.
The accused were booked under Sections 23(1) (a) (i) (import, manufacture and sale of any spurious drugs), 23 (1) (i) (sell any drug without having a warranty in the prescribed form bearing the name and batch number of the drug issued) and punishable under 27 (4) of Drugs Act, 1976.
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