Case Details

Citation(s)
1998 SLG 1184 1998 SLD 1184 1998 PLD 35
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition No. 17544 of 1997, decided on 13th August,1997.
DR. KHALID RANJHA, J
Malik Muhammad Yousaf Javed for Petitioner.Rafiq Ahmed Bajwa and Shaukat Rafiq Bajwa. Amicus curiae. Mian Ahmad Sher Lali for
Respondent No. 3.Kh. Muhammad Sharif, Advocate-General, Punjab with Syed Zulfiqar Ali Bokhari, A.A.G., Rana Naeem Sarwar, A.A

Before Dr. Khalid Ranjha, j vsSTATION HOUSE OFFICER, POLICE STATION JHANG CITY and 2 others

Law:

Section:

(a) Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance (VII of 1979)-- ----Ss.10, 13 & 14---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S.165---Search of a house to detect commission of Zina---Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 contains no provision to warrant issuance of an order for search of a house on an incognito or anonymous information about Zina being committed therein. (b) Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance (VII of 1979)-- ----Ss.10, 13 & 14---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S.165---Search by Police Officer---Detection of commission of Zina---Section 165, Cr.P.C. does not cover raiding of a house to surprise any person engaged in sex. (c) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)-- ----S. 96---Search warrant, issuance of---Non-giving of reasons by Magistrate before issuance of warrants would vitiate the order in the same manner as non application of mind would. Masood Qureshi's case PLD 1971 Lah. 678; S.Sinagurunatha Pillary 11 Cr.LJ 535; Hari Gharan Gorai and others v. Srish Chandra Sadhukhan I 1 Cr.L.I 525; Manichlal Mondal and another v. The State AIR 1953 Cal. 341; Piyare Lal v. Thakar Dat Sharma 32 IC 652; 1969 PCr.LJ 710; Abdul Halim's case PLD 1968 Dacca 229 and Mahomed Tahir's case AIR 1934 Bom. 104 ref. (d) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)-- ----S. 96---Issuance of search warrant, justification of---Pre-existing inquiry, trial or proceedings under the Code of Criminal Procedure to justify issuance of search warrant in respect of a house is a must. (e) Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance (VII of 1979)-- .----S. 10/13/14---Intrusion into house not provided---Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979 enacted to implement the Islamic provisions in this behalf does not rightly provide for an intrusion into any one's house only to find out the commission of offence of Zina, as such an act is prohibited by the Holy Qur'an. Al-Qur'an: Surah An-Nur (translated by Abdullah Yousif Ali) Verses 27 - 28; Surah al-Hujrat; Surah Bani-Israil and Surah Al-Nahr Tahfeemul Qur'an by Maulana Abul A'ala Maudoodi and Maariful Hadith by Maulana Muhammad Manzoor Namani ref. (f) Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance…
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