RIAZ AHMAD vs ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE/EX-OFFICIO JUSTICE OF PEACE ROJHAN DISTRICT RAJANPUR Ss — 2022 PCrLJ 1067 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2022 PCrLJ 1067 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: RIAZ AHMAD vs ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE/EX-OFFICIO JUSTICE OF PEACE ROJHAN DISTRICT RAJANPUR Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 154; S. 19; Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898); Punjab Healthcare Commission Act

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Judgment text as reported

RIAZ AHMAD VS ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE/EX-OFFICIO JUSTICE OF PEACE ROJHAN DISTRICT RAJANPUR Ss. 19, 22 & 23---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 154, 22-A & 22-B---Medical negligence---Scope---Petitioner assailed order passed by Ex-officio Justice of Peace whereby SHO was directed to record version of the complainant under S. 154, Cr.P.C.---Allegation levelled by the complainant through his application was that his daughter aged three years had died due to the negligence of petitioner---Punjab Healthcare Commission Act, 2010 had provided that if there was any negligence on the part of any person relating to health, he would be dealt with under the Act---Under S. 19(b) of the Punjab Healthcare Commission Act, 2010, medical negligence meant a case where a patient sustained injury or died as a result of improper treatment in a healthcare establishment and, in case of death, determined on the basis of medical autopsy report---Punjab Healthcare Commission Act, 2010, barred prosecution of any person on the allegation of negligence---Daughter of complainant was a serious patient of brain tumor and negligence, if any, on the part of petitioner could not be prima facie fixed by the police through investigation and for that the complainant had to approach to the concerned forum---Constitutional petition was allowed and the order passed by Ex-officio Justice of Peace was set aside.

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