Arshad Abbas vs Anti-Corruption Establishment Sargodha Ss — 2025 PCrLJ 874 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2025 PCrLJ 874 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: Arshad Abbas vs Anti-Corruption Establishment Sargodha Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 5

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Judgment text as reported

Arshad Abbas VS Anti-Corruption Establishment Sargodha Ss.409, 420, 468, 471 & 477-a---Prevention of Corruption act (II of 1947), S. 5(2)---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 199---Constitutional petition---Quashing of FIR---abuse of process of law---Cheating, forgery and misconduct---Proof---absence of evidence of bribery---Effect---accused was revenue officer (Patwari) who was alleged to have issued Tatima in joint Khata---Validity---Even if accused was not authorized in carving out Tatima in a joint Khata without partition, even then in absence of any allegation of receiving bribe in doing so, at the most it could be considered as an irregularity on his behalf while performing his official duty---accused could be proceeded departmentally but in no manner, act of accused constituted any criminal offence---anti-Corruption authority had no role to investigate such act---Complainant from contents of crime report, failed to make out any offence levelled in it---Complainant lodged FIR for achieving some mysterious objectives---High Court quashed the FIR, as allowing investigating agency to investigate case against accused would amount to abuse of process of law---Constitutional petition was allowed in circumstances.

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