R (ON THE APPLICATION OF OFFICER W80) vs DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR POLICE CONDUCT Police — 2025 SCMR 1461 SUPREME-COURT-OF-UK

Case information

Citation: 2025 SCMR 1461 SUPREME-COURT-OF-UK
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2025
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: R (ON THE APPLICATION OF OFFICER W80) vs DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR POLICE CONDUCT Police

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Judgment text as reported

R (ON THE APPLICATION OF OFFICER W80) VS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR POLICE CONDUCT Police---Misconduct---Self-defence---Police officer shooting and killing a suspect under the mistaken belief that suspect armed---Whether officer guilty of gross misconduct for using unreasonable force---Whether reasonableness of force to be assessed by reference to criminal law test relating to self-defence or civil law test---Held, that the test to be applied in disciplinary proceedings in relation to the use of force by a police officer in self-defence is the civil law test.

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