The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered the acquittal of a convict who had been serving a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence in a case involving the recovery of two kilograms of narcotics. According to the verdict, Jaranwala police registered a case against Ashfaq in 2022 over the recovery of two kilograms of narcotics. In the present case, several contradictions were found in the statements of witnesses, from the arrest of the accused to the handling of the case property. The court observed that narcotics cases require a high standard of evidence to prove allegations, which was lacking in this case. Declaring the nine-year prison sentence null and void, the LHC accepted the appeal and ordered the immediate release of the convict.

Source: The Patriot January 07, 2026 08:58 UTC