KARACHI: A court on Saturday granted police more time to file the final charge sheet against alleged cocaine dealerAnmol Pinkyand other suspects in a drug peddling case.
At the last hearing, an investigating officer had filed an interim investigation report against prime suspect Pinky. others in a drug case lodged at Garden police station, while the court had sought the final report from police on June 20.
When a judicial magistrate (South) took up the matter for hearing on Saturday, the IO could not file the final charge sheet. requested more time on the grounds that forensic and other reports were still awaited.
While adjourning the hearing till June 27, the court allowed further time. directed the IO to file the final investigation report by the next hearing.
The magistrate also reserved orders till the next hearing on applications seeking permission to record the voice samples of the suspects in the drug case. to discharge the names of two suspects from the case.
The IO had filed an application seeking directions for the jail authorities to allow the recording of the voice samples of the suspects in prison for voice-matching evaluation, as multiple audio recordings as well as voice messages were exchanged between the suspects. external operators.
Suspects Zeeshan-ur-Rehman. his brother Sohail-ur-Rehman, through their counsel, had also filed an application under Section 63 (discharge of person apprehended) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The lawyer submitted that the applicants. alleged to be associates of Pinky, had been falsely implicated in the case by police, as their names were neither mentioned in the FIR nor was there any indication that they had provided any financial support to the main suspect.
However, a public prosecutor argued that the applicants could not be exonerated as they were accomplices of Pinky. a sessions court had also dismissed their bail applications a few days ago.
The prosecutor also contended that both brothers were operating a mobile top-up shop. that alleged drug dealer Pinky used to transfer drug money into their bank accounts.
Published in Dawn, June 21st, 2026
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