MUHAMMAD AKHTAR vs The STATE and others

This petition for leave to appeal arose from criminal proceedings against the petitioner, who was apprehended in possession of 30 kilograms of bhiki (poast). The core legal question concerned whether the petitioner was entitled to relief given the evidence of recovery and the statutory implications of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997. The Supreme Court observed that the petitioner was caught red-handed, and the recovered substance tested positive by the Chemical Examiner. Furthermore, the prosecution witnesses, who observed the recovery, had no apparent motive to falsely implicate the accused. The Court held that the case was squarely hit by the provisions of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, which governs the possession of narcotics. Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition and refused leave to appeal, affirming that the evidence presented by the prosecution was sufficient to sustain the charges. The judgment reinforces the principle that where recovery is witnessed and corroborated by forensic evidence, and there is no evidence of enmity or false implication, the statutory prohibitions regarding narcotic possession must be strictly enforced.