Rai Muhammad Usama vs District Police Officer S — 2025 PCrLJ 541 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2025 PCrLJ 541 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: Rai Muhammad Usama vs District Police Officer S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 154---P; S. 341---P; S. 16---Q; S. 16; S. 341; Penal Code (XLV of 1860); Public Order Ordinance (XXXI of 1960); Public Order Ordinance

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Judgment text as reported

Rai Muhammad Usama VS District Police Officer S.154---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S.341---Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (XXXI of 1960), S.16---Quashing of FIR---Wrongful restraint and dissemination of rumours etc.---Mens rea, absence of---Petitioner sought quashing of FIR on the grounds that he had been involved mala fidely on political basis, as he along with his companions was celebrating 77th Independence Day of Pakistan and he neither made any speech nor took any action detrimental to the public peace and tranquility, nor the petitioner or his companions wrongly restrained any individual---Validity---High Court found that S.16 of the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960, was not applicable as the FIR lacked details of the alleged slogans and how they caused fear or alarm---Similarly, S.341, P.P.C. (wrongful restraint) was not made out as the FIR only mentioned traffic disruption, not the restraint of any individual---Mens rea was found to be lacking, as the petitioner claimed that he along with his companions was celebrating Independence Day and the prosecution offered no evidence to the contrary---First Information Report suggested that the group dispersed upon seeing police, showing respect for law enforcement agencies---Since the gathering was peaceful and no legal restrictions were in place, the court deemed the FIR a violation of fundamental right to peaceful assembly under Art. 16 of the Constitution---Constitutional petition was allowed and the FIR was quashed, in circumstances.

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