Al Wakeelo
Your Digital Lawyer, Always on Duty
Initializing Secure Chambers
Your Digital Lawyer, Always on Duty
Initializing Secure Chambers
Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 641
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 1971
Decision Date: 1971-12-07
Parties: Messrs S. J. & G. FAZAL ELAHI Ltd., KARACHI vs The STATE
Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 641
Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Haleem Title: Messrs S. J. & G. FAZAL ELAHI Ltd., KARACHI vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Revision Application No. 26 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-12-07 Reported As: 1972 P Cr. L J 641 Result: N/A JUDGMENT JUDGMENT The applicant has filed this revision to impugn the order of the learned Additional City Magistrate dated 4th October 1969, by which he refused to order the return of 2577 packets of Quinine Ethyle Carbonate, seized by the Drug Inspector from the premises of the applicant on 11th June 1964. Accordingly a complaint was hied against Ismail, a director of the applicant company, under sections 10 (a) and 18 (a) (i) read with section 27 of the Drugs Act, 1940, before an Additional City Magistrate which ended in his conviction vide judgment dated 7th August 1965. The sentence awarded was three months' rigorous impri sonment and Rs. 1,000 fine, or in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three weeks. The packets of the medicine seized were ordered to be destroyed. Against this order Ismail appealed to the Sessions Court, which appeal was heard by the Additional Sessions Judge who, vide judgment dated 28th Novem ber 1966, acquitted him but maintained the order of con fiscation. A revision was filed in the High Court against that part of the order which dealt with the confiscation of 2577 packets and vide order dated 26th September 1967, a learned Single Judge of this Court remanded the case to the Additional City…
Read the full judgment on Al Wakeelo — Pakistan's AI-powered legal research platform.