Imran vs Station House Officer, PS Azizabad Karachi Ss — 2026 MLD 748 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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Imran VS Station House Officer, PS Azizabad Karachi Ss. 22-a, 22-B & 561-a---application filed before the Ex-officio Justice of Peace for registration of FIR---Scope---Record showed that complainant filed an application for registration of FIR against two private respondents/alleged proposed accused but Justice of Peace opined that the dispute between the parties was of a civil nature and application was declined---Validity---Perusal of the documents attached to the lis confirmed that the tentative assessment of the Ex-Officio Justice of Peace that the dispute was civil in nature was correct---In the applicant's written Police Complaint dated 16.05.2025, the applicant had identified the key issues between the applicant against respondents Nos. 4 and 5, were false allegations raised by the said respondents against him (the applicant) and the management of the co-operative society; circulation of false messages in a Whatsapp Group, harassing the Cooperative Society and damaging its ("us") reputation, etc.---applicant had also attached a selection of screenshots of Whatsapp messages posted on a cell phone number---Counsel for petitioner conceded that the cell phone number appearing in the screenshot did not disclose the name of the Whatsapp Group---applicant had also attached information concerning the Sindh Building Control authority viz. the Cooperative Housing Society---It was apparent on the face of it, based on the most tentative assessment, that the information relied upon by the applicant suggested that legal disputes had arisen between the applicant and private respondents, the recourse of which might have involved invoking legal remedies available under the law for the protection of the legal rights of the parties---Incidentally, the Cooperative Society, on whose behalf the applicant had alleged that the private respondents had been raising false and fabricated allegations, was not impleaded as a party in the application filed before the lower forum nor was there any documentary evidence on record wherein the Society had agitated and/or was agitating the same complainant as the one being agitated by the applicant---application was dismissed, accordingly.

Imran vs Station House Officer, PS Azizabad Karachi Ss — 2026 MLD 748 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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