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1994 SCMR 379

MUHAMMAD IQBAL and others vs ABDUL BARI and others

Citation1994 SCMR 379
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Civil Petition No, 71 of 1993 Writ Petition No, 885 of 1992
Date1993-08-07
Judge(s)Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, Abdul Qadeer Chaudhry
ResultLeave granted

ORDER

' ABDUL QADEER CHAUDHRY, J. ---The petitioners seek leave to appeal against the order of Peshawar High Court dated 17-1-1993.

2. The facts in brief are that the local police made a report to the learned Magistrate for proceedings under section 145, Cr.P.C. The learned Magistrate summoned both the parties but on the basis of the material placed before him dismissed the complaint filed by the police. It may be noted that the private respondents did not make any complaint to the local Magistrate. The respondents challenged the order of the learned Magistrate in revision. The learned Additional Sessions Judge dismissed the revision petition confirming the order of the learned Magistrate. The respondents then challenged these orders in Constitution petition before the High Court. The learned High Court accepted the petition and set aside orders of the Courts below and directed the Magistrate to proceed with the matter and decide the case on merit.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that a civil suit had already been filed and is pending adjudication in the Civil Court and there is positive finding by the learned Magistrate and Additional Sessions Judge that there was no imminent breach of peace concerning the land in dispute. The High Court should have not interfered in his extraordinary jurisdiction. The learned Magistrate in his tentative observation stated that respondents were neither owners nor in possession of the disputed land. Therefore, there was no case of imminent breach of peace between the parties. The parties had already been bound down under section 107/151, Cr.P.C. The respondents had themselves approached the Civil Court claiming the title of the suit land.

' In view of the above facts leave is granted to consider whether the High Court has rightly exercised its jurisdiction in this matter.

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