Citation Name: 2025 YLR 875 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHBookmark this Case Mst. FARHIHA AHMAREE vs STATION HOUSE OFFICER Ss — 2025 YLR 875 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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Citation: 2025 YLR 875 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Citation Name: 2025 YLR 875 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHBookmark this Case Mst. FARHIHA AHMAREE vs STATION HOUSE OFFICER Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 182---R; S. 22-; S. 182; S. 154; Penal Code (XLV of 1860)

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Judgment text as reported

Citation Name: 2025 YLR 875 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHBookmark this Case Mst. FARHIHA AHMAREE VS STATION HOUSE OFFICER Ss. 22-a, 22-B & 154---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 182---Registration of criminal case---Powers of Justice of Peace---Scope---Proceedings before the Justice of Peace, nature of---Refusal of the S.H.O. to register a criminal case on the ground of previous civil litigation and pendency of earlier registered criminal case---Validity---Rationale behind the conferring of powers upon the Justice of Peace was to enable the aggrieved person to approach the court of Justice of Peace for the redressal of his grievance i.e. non-registration of FIRs, excess of police, transfer of investigation to the court situated at District level or Session or at a particular Sessions Division---Main purpose of S. 22-a(6), Cr.P.C., was to create a forum at the doorstep of the people for their convenience---Primarily, proceedings before the Ex-Officio Justice of Peace are quasi-judicial and are not executive, administrative or ministerial to deal with the matters mechanically---Every case before Ex-Offcio Justice of Peace demands discretion and judicial observations after hearing the parties---Justice of Peace before passing any order for the registration of the FIR shall put the other party on notice against whom the registration of FIR is asked for---Even if there is no direction of the Court, the S.H.O. has no authority to refuse to record the statement of the complainant in the relevant register irrespective of its authenticity/correctness or falsity of such statement---Check against the lodging of false FIR is not the refusal to record such FIR, but the punishment of such informants under S. 182, P.P.C., etc. which should be, if enforced, a fair deterrent against misuse of the provisions of S. 154, Cr.P.C.---Criminal miscellaneous application was disposed of, in circumstances.

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