Law: Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1898

Section: 156

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 199

Law: Police Act, 1861

Section: 23 & 29

(a).Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)------S. 156--- Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 199--- Constitutional petition--�Investigation into cognizable offence--- Complainant had got a case registered with the police about the murder of his son with a fire; arm without naming anybody as assailant in the F.I.R. and without raising any suspicion against anyone---Complainant on having learnt about the details of murder of his son as a result of the private inquiry conducted by him brought the same to the notice of the Investigating Officer but he did not care to investigate the case on those lines and several applications made by him in this regard to higher Police Officers and the District Administrations bore no result---Police and the District Magistrate had collective responsibility under the law to have effective control over the local police so that they performed their duties within the four corners of law and the District Magistiale under the Police Rules, 1934 could even direct the Superintendent of Police -to take suitable measures for the protection and detection of crime---Matter regardit!g , the grievance of the complainant (petitioner) was referred to the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police concerned for looking into it and issuing direction to the concerned police officers to carry out faithful investigation of the case by affording full opportunity to the parties to produce their witnesses in support of their respective versions ---Constitutional petition was disposed of accordingly.Ghulam Abbas v. The State PLD 1968 Lah. 101; Riaz Hussain and others v. The State 1986 SCMR 1934; Government of Sindh through the Chief Secretary, Karachi and 4 others v. Raeesa Farooq and others 1994 SCMR 1283; Anwar Ahmad Khan v. The State and another 1996 SCMR 24 and Ghulam Shahbaz v. S.H.O., P.S. Saddar, Kehror Pacca, Multan and another PLD 1991 Lah. 241 ref.(b) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)-------S. 154---Police Act (V of 1861), Ss.23 & 29--- Information in cognizable cases---Non-registration of F.I.R.---Police Officer is under the statutory obligation to enter the information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence in…