Sindh High Court
2020
THLN 1010
2020 PTD 129
Laws Cited
Customs Act, 1969 | Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)
Sections
2(b)(s),6,9,139,156(1)(8),161,162,185A | 265-K,439,561A

MUMTAZUDDINVSTHE STATE

VS

Petitioner(s) by: Khawaja Shamas-ul-Islam along with Shehzad Mehmood, Taj Muhammad and Khalid Iqbal
Respondent(s) by:
Present: FAHIM AHMED SIDDIQUI, JUSTICE
THIS JUDGMENT DELIVERED BY:

FAHIM AHMED SIDDIQUI, J.---The appellant through the instant special criminal application has sought quashment / during trial acquittal in a criminal case pending before the learned Court of Special Judge Customs and Anti-Smuggling being Case No. 186 of 2016 initiated on the basis of FIR No. 13/2014 dated 21-08-2014. It is not a direct application for quashment but the applicant has earlier moved an application under section 265-K, Cr.P.C., which was dismissed by the trial Court vide order dated 23-12-2015, hence the instant application was filed.2. The prosecution case as decipher in the FIR is reproduced as under:"Today information was received to the effect that the pax namely Mumtaz-ud-Din son of Moin-ud-Din, holder of Pakistani Passport No. KH-185216 dated 22-2-2011 issued at Brussels and Belgium Passport No. E-1431737 dated 3-3-2011 issued at Schaerbeek involved in arms smuggling will arrive on Turkish Airline Flight No. DK-708 dated 21-8-2014 at JIAP Karachi.As such the pax was ...