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| 1997 SLG 1250 1997 SLD 1250 = 1997 PLD 119 |
Sindh High Court
Constitutional Petition D-1720 of 1996, decided on 7th November, 1996.
Presented By: Before Mamoon Kazi, CJ. and Mrs. Majida Razvi, J
Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, Abdul Mujeeb Pirzada, Nizamuddin Baloch, Syed Khalid Shah, Abdul Munim Khan, Manzoor Bhutto, Qazi Shafiq Ahmed and Muhammad Yousuf Leghari for Petitioners. K.M. Nadeem, Addl. A.-G. and Farooq H. Naek, Dy. Attorney General for
Respondents (on Court Notice).
Constitutional Petition D-1720 of 1996, decided on 7th November, 1996.
Presented By: Before Mamoon Kazi, CJ. and Mrs. Majida Razvi, J
Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, Abdul Mujeeb Pirzada, Nizamuddin Baloch, Syed Khalid Shah, Abdul Munim Khan, Manzoor Bhutto, Qazi Shafiq Ahmed and Muhammad Yousuf Leghari for Petitioners. K.M. Nadeem, Addl. A.-G. and Farooq H. Naek, Dy. Attorney General for
Respondents (on Court Notice).
MrsGHANWA BHUTTO and another---Petitioners
VERSUS
GOVERNMENT OF SINDH and another---Respondents
Law: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)
Section: 154
Law: Constitution of Pakistan 1973
Section: 202
Law: Penal Code (XLV of 1860)
Section: 302
Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)--- ----S. 154---Second F.I.R., registration of---No hard and fast rule exists that a second F.I.R. cannot be registered in respect of a different version given by an aggrieved party of the same occurrence---If information is subsequently given to a police officer which discloses a different offence also cognizable by the police, then unless it is a mere amplification of the first version, it must be recorded by the police, Kaura v. The State 1983 SCMR 436; Mushtaq Ahmed v. The S.H.O., Police Station Munawa.n 1984 PCr.LJ 1454; Atta Muhammad v, Inspector General of Police PLD 1965 Lah. 734; Sadiq Masih v. S.H.O, and others 1994 PCr.U 295; Emperor v. Khawaja Nazir Ahmed AIR 1945 PC 18; Ghulam Qadir v. State 1995 PCr.U 1239; Muhammad Latif v. S.H.O., Police Station Saddar 1993 PCr.LJ 1992; Abdul Ghani v. S.H.O. P.S. Saddar 1983 PCr.U 2172; Shahid Hussain v. Superintendent of Police 1986 MLD 1155; Ghularr Hussain v Sirajul Haque 1987 PCr.U 1214; Muhammad Ilyas v. Senior Superintendent of Police 1989 PCr.U 1129; Haji Muhammad Khan v. Ch. Khizar Hayar PLD 1977 Lah. 424 and Muhammad Zafar lqbal v . Manzoor Ahmad 1986 PCr. LJ 2658 ref. Constitution of Pakistan (1973)-_- ----Art. 199---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss.154 & 202-- Constitutional petition---Adequate remedy---Remedy by way of a private complaint is equally an effective and a practical remedy as against the registration of F.I.R. and is thus an adequate remedy. Jamshed_Ahmad v. Muhammad Akram Khan and another 1975 SCMR 149; Muhammad Ijaz v. The S.H.O. 1979 SCMR 490; Wazir Ahmed v. Government of Sindh Constitutional Petition No.D-104 of 1988; Sachedino v. S.S.P., Sukkur Constitutional Petition No.D-66 of 1988; Ali Gul Sangi v. Incharge Military Operation Cell Constitutional Petition No. D-94 of 1988; Nazar Muhammad v. S.S.P., Sukkur Constitutional Petition No.D-102 of 1988; Altaf Husain v. Government of Sindh and another Constitutional Petition No.D-2472 of 1995 and Balck's Law Dictionary, 6th Edn., p.40 ref. Constitution of Pakistan (1973)--- ----Art. 199---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), 5.154---Constitutional petition---Registration of…