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PLJ 2021 Lahore 938, PLJ 2022 Lahore 313

Roobi Shabana vs S.H.O. etc

CitationPLJ 2021 Lahore 938, PLJ 2022 Lahore 313
CourtLahore High Court
Case No.W.P. No. 63041-Q of 2020
Date2021-03-10
Judge(s)Aalia Neelum
ResultDismissed

ORDER

Through the constitutional petition filed in terms Article 199 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic Pakistan, 1973, the petitioner has prayed that FIR Bearing No. 1274 of 2020, dated 25.11.2020, offence under Sections 420/468/471, P.P.C., registered against the petitioner at Police Station Khurrianwala, District' Faisalabad be quashed.

2. Arguments heard and record perused.

3. The questions of facts raised by the petitioner in the instant petition can only, be adjudicated by producing the evidence before a Court of competent jurisdiction. Even otherwise, the prosecution has to prove that whether incident has taken in the same manner as stated by the petitioner would necessarily call for holding of a factual inquiry and the said exercise cannot be conducted by this Court in present writ petition through summery proceedings under Article 199 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973. After registration of the case, investigation of a case is a statutory right of the police and the Courts are always reluctant in interfering with the same, therefore, the petitioner has an alternate remedy by way of filing application under Section 249-A1265-K, Cr.P.C., the challan is submitted before the Court of competent jurisdiction. The Apex Court in the case of Col. Shah Sadiq v. Muhammad Ashia (2006 SCMR 276) after elaborate consideration of the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code and Police Rules of 1934 held that High Court has no jurisdiction to resolve the disputed question of fact in the Constitutional jurisdiction and the F.I.R. during the investigation cannot be quashed. In the case of Shahnaz Begum v. The Honble Judges of the High Court of Sind and Baluchistan and another (PLD 1971 SC 677) a Full Bench of the August Supreme Court of Pakistan held that the High Court cannot interfere in the investigation undertaken by the police and same view is affirmed in the case of Dr. Ghulam Mustafa v. The State and others ( 2008 SCMR 76 ) wherein it has also been held that: "High Court had no jurisdiction whats oever to take the role of the investigating agency and to quash the F.I.R. while exercising constitutional power under Article 199 of the Constitution or under Section 561-A.

Cr.P.C. unless and until very exceptional circumstances exists."

The facts already revealed and stated hereinabove, of course, disclose some private vengeance of both the parties. At this stage, it would be prem ature to say that the allegations are genuine or otherwise, as the investigation is still in progress. However , if the case after investigation is sent to the Court for trial and the petitioner is challaned, she can avail remedy before the learned trial Court by filing an application under Section 249-A/265-K, Cr .P.C. for her acquittal.

4. For what has been discussed above, this petition has no force and the same is hereby dismissed.

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