- Prosecution fails to show narcotics costs towards accused.
- Defence says blood, chemical assessments discover no methamphetamine.
- Accident killed father, daughter close to Pakistan Maritime Museum.
KARACHI: A judicial Justice of the Peace in Karachi’s District East on Friday acquitted a feminine driver in a narcotics case registered after the lethal Karsaz street accident, citing lack of proof.
The prosecution did not show the costs towards the accused throughout the listening to.
The defence counsel argued that neither the chemical evaluation nor the blood take a look at detected methamphetamine, generally referred to as crystal meth or ice, within the samples.
The lawyer additional alleged that samples collected from the accused by police had been tampered with and claimed that the investigating officer had hid the blood take a look at report throughout the investigation.
The courtroom, discovering inadequate proof to determine the prosecution’s case, acquitted the accused within the narcotics case.
The incident occurred on August 19, 2024, when the suspect’s luxurious car crashed into a number of autos close to the Pakistan Maritime Museum, killing 26-year-old Aamna Arif and her 60-year-old father, Imran Arif.
A number of individuals had been additionally injured within the accident and had been taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for remedy, whereas the deceased had been dropped at the hospital for medico-legal formalities.
The feminine driver additionally sustained a head damage within the crash and underwent a CT scan on the JPMC. Blood and urine samples had been subsequently collected from her as a part of the medico-legal examination.
On August 31, 2024, police stated methamphetamine had been detected within the suspect’s blood and urine samples. A separate case was then registered towards her underneath provisions regarding the usage of a prohibited substance.
The newest acquittal is separate from the homicide case registered over the deaths of Aamna and Imran. In October 2024, a district and classes courtroom acquitted the feminine driver in that case after the victims’ households submitted a reconciliation settlement.
Earlier, the victims’ heirs had pardoned the suspect and advised the courtroom they’d no objection to her being granted bail, sustaining that the accident was not intentional.
