Mst. SHAHIDA CHOUDHARY vs REGIONAL POLICE OFFICER, RAWALPINDI Ss — 2021 PLD 805 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2021 PLD 805 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2021
Reporter: PLD
Parties: Mst. SHAHIDA CHOUDHARY vs REGIONAL POLICE OFFICER, RAWALPINDI Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 174

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Judgment text as reported

Mst. SHAHIDA CHOUDHARY VS REGIONAL POLICE OFFICER, RAWALPINDI Ss. 174 & 176---Inquest/inquiry---Object, purpose and scope---Purpose of an inquest/inquiry by a Magistrate is to gather evidence that may be used by police in exploration of a violent or suspicious death and subsequent prosecution of a person if death ensued from a criminal act---Inquest is not a trial but criminal proceedings of a preliminary investigatory nature---While holding an inquest/inquiry under S.174 or 176, Cr.P.C. a Magistrate is confined to find out cause of death only if it is unnatural like homicidal or accidental or suicidal---Magistrate cannot declare that who is responsible for the death and is under no jurisdiction to proceed for fact finding.

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