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. The trial court had earlier sentenced him to nine years in prison.

A two-member bench comprising Justice Farooq Haider and Justice Tariq Nadeem issued a 13-page written verdict on the appeal filed by the convict, Ashfaq.

According to the verdict, Jaranwala police registered a case against Ashfaq in 2022 over the recovery of two kilograms of narcotics. The court held that the prosecution failed to prove the safe chain of custody of the case........

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