Karachi: Noting that the Supreme Court generally rejects or delays in the registration of the First Information Report (FIR), the Supreme Court ruled that there is no reason to prove that the police’s mandatory statutory obligation is violent public trust in criminal justice.
Three judges of the court of three judges, consisting of Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Athar Minallah and Salahuddin Panhwar, also noted that FIR registration under Article 154 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CRPC) is a complete execution function, and violating statutory duties has had a profound impact on the parties involved in a criminal case.
“The dysfunction of the criminal justice system for citizens without privileged or powerful is manifested as a lack of constitutional government. constitution,” it added.
The bench made these observations while deciding to a criminal appeal brought by two murder offenders, which brought the Sindh High Court’s verdict.
Denied that FIR eroded trust in the judicial system, Judicial Minallah
The SC judgment was written by Justice Minallah, who said that under Article 154 of CRPC and the pursuit, the FIR has established a functionally effective criminal justice system based on fairness, integrity and impartiality.
It also noted that these two administrative functions were so crucial that they ultimately determined whether to serve justice and whether the actual perpetrator would be held accountable or to cause innocent people to suffer unimaginable pain.
It added: “The constitutional government and the basis of rule are seriously low-key when two mottos are placed on the statutory duties of the state’s administration. Citizens are responsible for the crime by protecting victims of crimes if the crime is committed.”
The bench further observed that various factors could lead to failure or refusal of police departments responsible for registering the FIR for the crime to carry out cognizable crimes. It may include attempts to avoid increasing the workload that has been large, covering up the deterioration of law and order, the inability to prevent crime, even corruption and abuse of statutory powers to benefit or as required by the political or social or group in the region.
However, the bench stressed that there is no reason to justify the depreciation of a mandatory statutory obligation imposed under section 154 of the CRPC. “Breach of this duty not only undermines the fundamental rights of citizens, but also violates several erosions of the criminal justice system.”
“Citizens believe that the criminal justice system serves only the interests of privilege and the interests of those who have political and social power. This phenomenon also raises perceptions of criminal cases, i.e., the sewing permits by superior officials or superior officials or secret officials in the area.
The Supreme Court also noted that a difficult task for each provincial government is to ensure that in every case no refutation of the statutory obligations imposed under Article 154 of the CRPC and the statutory obligations imposed under Article 154 of the CRPC. Deterrence to the future.
Regarding the systematic phenomenon of denial or delay in FIR registration, it seems common to be observed further by benches, as it is continually observed in most criminal cases, and so is the case. Fragile and marginalized classes.
The judge directed his office to send a copy of the judgment to the Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior and the Chief Secretary of the provinces to place it before a valid forum to take these observations into account and to effectively assume the effective obligations underlined in the judgment.
It also acquitted both by overturning orders from the SHC and the Trial Court.
Shikarpur’s congress court sentenced Mir Muhammad and Allah Wadhayo to death for killing a man named Ghulam Qadir. In 2021, the SHC turned the death penalty into life, and criminals also challenged it. court.
Posted in Dawn on September 23, 2025
