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Ameer Muhammad vs The State

 2023 KPLJ 249 [PESHAWAR HIGH COURT] Before Fazal Subhan, J. Ameer Muhammad ---- Appellant versus The State ---- Respondent Criminal Appeal No. 347-P/2022, decided on 26-08-2022. (a) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 2019 (XXXI of 2019) -----     ---- Section 34B(1) and the first proviso ---- Confiscation ---- prescribed Procedure ---- An accumulative effect of the said provision ---- When Special Court established under the Act has come to the conclusion to pass an order of conviction or acquittal in relation to the accused, it shall decide the fate of seized articles, either liable to be confiscated or not. (b) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 2019 (XXXI of 2019) -----     ---- Section 34B(1) and the first proviso ---- Confiscation ----- prescribed Procedure -----     Two kinds of situations before reaching at on conclusion ---- First, if owner of the seized article is not known or cannot be found, in that c...