Law: Pakistan Penal Code (PPC),1860

Section: 302, 324, 337-A(i), 34

Law: Offences Against Property (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979

Section: 17(4)

Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860)-- ----Ss. 302, 324, 337-A(i) & 34--Offences Against Property (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979 (VI of 1979), S. 17(4)--“Investigation follows the FIR”--Conviction and sentence--A general principle for a dictum of law as set by a plethora of judgments, and which is now a settled principle of law i.e., “investigation follows the FIR” and the reason behind settling this principle as explained by a number of judgments is that usually the delay in FIR is used for concocting a fabricated story of the prosecution.                                   [P. 481] A 2025 SCMR 1633. Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860)-- ----S. 302, 34, 337-A(i) & 34--Offences Against Property (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979 (VI of 1979), S. 17(4)--Conviction and sentence--Challenge to--“Investigation follows the FIR”--It is a well settled dictum of law that “investigation follows the FIR”, on the contrary in the instant case the police in complete disagreement with the aforesaid dictum of law adopted a completely opposite course, that in this case the FIR was followed by the investigation, which is considered a serious irregularity on the part of the investigation, rendering the whole case of the prosecution doubtful.                                                                                                                                                             2025…