The accused convicted in a case of prohibited drugs after a false death certificate was revealed
BAHAWALPUR:
Drug Court Bahawalpur has handed down a major verdict in a case involving unregistered and banned drugs and imposed a total fine of Rs 40.5 million on the accused Muhammad Shafiq. and seven years in prison.
The sentence was handed down by the President of the Narcotics Court, who found the defendant guilty after the conclusion of the trial.
According to the case details, Narcotics Inspector Liaquatpur had recovered unregistered and banned drugs from Muhammad Shafiqs, son of Bashir Ahmad, a resident of Liaquatpur.
The case was registered as court case 56/DCB/2019 and had been under trial in the Drug Court Bahawalpur.
During the case, the accused allegedly tried to evade punishment by staging his own death. He filed a false death certificate in court in an attempt to stop the trial.
As a result, the trial was temporarily affected.
However, the fraud came to light later when the defendant was allegedly involved in a dispute in his area.
The rival party informed the court that Shafiq was alive and had submitted forged documents.
After the discovery of the serious adulteration, District and Sessions Judge and Chairman of the Drug Court, Shazeb Saeed, ordered registration of a separate case.
A forgery case has since been registered against the accused at Cantt Police Station Bahawalpur and investigation is on.
After examining the evidence in the banned drugs case, the court convicted Muhammad Shafiq and sentenced him to seven years in prison along with a total fine of Rs 40.5 million.
Technical member Dr. Abdul Sattar Channar, Department Prosecutor Misbahuddin and Deputy Public Prosecutor Zeeshan Ahmad Jajja assisted the court during the trial.
Members of civil society and social circles welcomed the judgement, which states that those who endanger lives through illegal drugs do not deserve leniency and that strict legal action must continue against such offenders.
