SULTAN AHMED vs REGISTRAR, BALOCHISTAN HIGH COURT, QUETTA S — 2023 SCMR 1955 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2023 SCMR 1955 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2023
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: SULTAN AHMED vs REGISTRAR, BALOCHISTAN HIGH COURT, QUETTA S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 3---C

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Judgment text as reported

SULTAN AHMED VS REGISTRAR, BALOCHISTAN HIGH COURT, QUETTA S. 3---Contempt of Court---assistant Commissioner (appellant) raided official residence of a Qazi (judge) without registration of an FIR, assaulted and arrested him, then took the Qazi barefoot to the Levies Line, instead of the Police Station concerned, and kept him confined there for about 6 hours without registration of any criminal case---Subsequently unqualified/unconditional apology was tendered by the appellant---Held, that in the present case the act of assaulting and manhandling the Qazi, a judge, in the general public while arresting him was a flagrant attempt to undermine and lower the authority of district courts---Majority of the people have recourse to these courts for adjudication of their disputes---It is, therefore, in the public interest to protect the honour and authority of these courts---High Court has taken a lenient view in the matter of imposing punishment on the appellant because of his tendering an unqualified apology at the very early stage of the contempt proceeding and his young age---In the facts and circumstances of the case, the discretion exercised by the High Court in convicting the appellant for contempt and considering his unqualified apology only as a mitigating circumstance for imposing lesser punishment is proper and reasonable, which does not call for any interference---appeal was dismissed.

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