Drug convict’s sentence set aside

Advocate Raja Haseeb Sultan, counsel for the appellant, argued that Tarnol police had falsely implicated his client by arresting him and planting heroin and crystal methamphetamine on him at the police station.He contended that the trial court had convicted the accused solely on the basis of the FIR, despite serious doubts about the alleged recovery.

The defence counsel also challenged the forensic laboratory report, describing the prosecution witnesses as unreliable and pointing to inconsistencies in their statements.

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