Muhammad Akhtar Mir vs Province of West Pakistan and others — 1971 PLD 55

Citation: 1971 PLD 55

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Supreme Court 55

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s):Waheeduddin Ahmad, Hamoodur Rahman, Mujibur Rahman Khan, Sajjad JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1971 Supreme Court 55 Result: Appeal dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT M. R. KHAN, J.--This appeal by special leave, is from the judgment and order of a Division Bench of the High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore, in Writ Petition No, 1370 of 1969 by which the order forming the basis of the history sheet opened under the Punjab Police Rules in respect of Muhammad Akhtar Mir, the petitioner of the said writ petition, was declared to be without lawful authority and of no legal effect. Muhammad Akhtar Mir, the respondent herein, is resident of Mohallah Dara Shikoh under Police Station Naulakha, Lahore. He made the said writ petition alleging that Ch. Sikandar Hayat, a police officer who was posted as inspector of Police, Naulakha Police Station and later on as Deputy Superintendent of Police, Lahore, bore serious grudge against him and, for that reason, he launched certain fictitious criminal prosecutions against him and ultimately opened a history sheet in his name. He came to know of the opening of his history sheet and the placing of that history sheet in Bundle 'A' when he was called at the Police Station Naulakha. He wanted to obtain a copy of the history sheet or to inspect it, but was not allowed to do so. He claimed to be a contractor and a respectable man having no conviction to his credit except a conviction under section 19 of the Arms…

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