Mst. Alia Rani vs The Senior Superintendent of Police, complaint cell, district West Karachi Ss

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Mst. Alia Rani VS The Senior Superintendent of Police, complaint cell, district West Karachi Ss. 22-a & 561-a---Powers of Justice of Peace under S. 22-a, Cr.P.C.---Scope---Petition filed under S. 22-a, Cr.P.C, by the petitioner for the registration of criminal case was dismissed by the Ex-Officio Justice of Peace---Validity---Petitioner alleged that proposed accused/respondents showed the compromising photos stored on her smart phone to the applicant and allegedly attempted to blackmail her to work for the proposed accused in a porn racket---During the hearing, the Ex-Officio Justice of Peace called for a report from the concerned SHO---Station House Officer twice, the first time apparently on his own and then again (second time), on the directions of the Ex-Officio Justice of Peace, as recorded in the impugned order, accessed the respondent-proposed accused's smart phone---On both occasions, the record reflected that he found neither photos nor videos of the applicant in the smart phone of the proposed accused/respondent---Respondent-proposed accused also denied the allegations averred by the applicant before the Ex-Officio Justice of Peace---Ex-Officio Justice of Peace had given his reasons for rejecting the application in the impugned order, and an FIR did not need to be lodged in each and every complaint---Private parties knew each other, operating in the same locality---Information brought on record did not inspire confidence as to its bona fide---Nothing had been brought forward by the applicant side or filed any affidavit of witness in support of her claim that the respondent-proposed accused had committed any cognizable offence---No such information was available on record---as such, no defect was found in the impugned order---Petition was dismissed, accordingly.

Mst. Alia Rani vs The Senior Superintendent of Police, complaint cell, district West Karachi Ss — 2026 YLR 226 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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