KHALID ALAM vs PROVINCE OF SINDH through Home Secretary Sindh Chap — 2022 PCrLJ 1094 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2022 PCrLJ 1094 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: KHALID ALAM vs PROVINCE OF SINDH through Home Secretary Sindh Chap
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 160; S. 173

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Judgment text as reported

KHALID ALAM VS PROVINCE OF SINDH through Home Secretary Sindh Chap. XIV [Ss. 154 to 176]---Information to the police and their powers to investigate---Scope---After an FIR, the matter becomes a case and the Investigating Officer in the investigation of the case can record any number of versions of the same incident brought to his notice by different persons but those would be treated statements recorded under S. 160, Cr.P.C. and for which no separate FIR would be required to be lodged---Investigating Officer is bound to investigate all such versions of the incident in the case and is not obligated to focus on establishing correctness of the story of incident contained in the FIR---Investigating Officer is not required to be restricted or guided or controlled by version in the FIR either---If the information collected in the investigation points to a version and background different than what is revealed in the FIR, the same would be deemed only a version of first informant and nothing more---Report under S. 173, Cr.P.C. is to be based on final opinion of the investigating officer which has to be influenced by information/evidence collected from any number of persons acquainted with the circumstances of the case.

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