GHULAM MURTAZA vs DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER, GUJRAT — 2026 PLC(CS) 805 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2026 PLC(CS) 805 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2026
Reporter: PLC
Parties: GHULAM MURTAZA vs DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER, GUJRAT
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

GHULAM MURTAZA VS DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER, GUJRAT. Dismissal from service---Departmental and criminal proceedings---Distinct legal domains---Principle---Exception---Acquittal in the criminal case wipes out the very basis of the departmental action---Rationale---Scope---Where the sole allegation in the departmental proceedings is that the civil servant has been involved in, or is facing, a criminal case, and no independent and probe-able act of misconduct is alleged, the acquittal of the civil servant in the criminal case removes the very substratum of the departmental charge---The disciplinary machinery cannot stand on its own in such circumstances because there exists no stand-alone allegation that the department can independently inquire into or establish through departmental evidence---The charge of “involvement in a criminal case” is, by its very nature, incapable of departmental proof; it belongs exclusively to the criminal forum---Once the criminal court has adjudged the civil servant not guilty on the same accusation, the departmental authority is left with nothing to determine; the entire charge falls to the ground.

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