Law: Punjab Police (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1975

Section: R.4(1)(b)(iv)

Punjab Police (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1975--- ----R. 4(1)(b)(iv)--- Police official--- Serious abuse of authority---Dismissal from service---Admittedly the petitioner-police official stopped two men and a woman travelling on the road late at night---Petitioner could not give any explanation or reason for stopping the travelers except his suspicion about them---Petitioner admitted taking the said persons to the police station when clearly there was no allegation or disclosure of commission of a cognizable offence committed by the said persons---Leaving aside the disputed allegations of bribery the admitted facts reflected the mindset of the petitioner and constituted a serious abuse of authority---With such abuse of authority interfering with the lives of ordinary citizen one could infer that the purpose of the petitioner was to extract some advantage, whether pecuniary or otherwise---In such circumstances, the punishment of dismissal from service inflicted on the petitioner was justified---Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed and leave was refused. Khalid Mansoor v. Director, FIA, Rawalpindi 2008 SCMR 1174 distinguished. THIS ORDER PASSED BY: UMAR ATA BANDIAL, J.--- This petition assails the judgment of the learned Punjab Service Tribunal dated 5.6.2017 which affirms the order of dismissal from service of the petitioner passed by the CCPO, Lahore on 19.3.2015. The said order was passed after the departmental inquiry was held by the SSP Operations, Lahore. Some aspects of the complaint against the petitioner may have been disputed by the latter but two facts are admitted and in fact to that extent no dispute has been raised by the petitioner even now: firstly, that the…

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