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Petitioner: ASHRAF GULZAR VS Respondent: DIRECTOR, FEDERAL INVESTIGATING AGENCYHonorable Justice Raja Afrasiab KhanQazi Muhammad Saleem,Farooq Bedar, Addl. A.-G.
1994 P Cr
1994 P Cr. L J 1802
[Lahore]
Before Raja Afrasiab Khan, J
ASHRAF GULZAR---Petitioner
Versus
DIRECTOR, FEDERAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY
and 5 others---Respondents
Writ Petition No.503 of 1994, decided on 15th January, 1994."
Constitution of Pakistan (1973)---
----Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Contention was that the complaint lodged by the petitioner against the accused for having trespassed into his house and having deprived him of his cash and gold ornaments was not attended to by the Police Officer despite repeated requests---Allegations levelled in the complaint being of serious nature, the complaint was forwarded to S.S.P. concerned with the direction to Police Officer to conduct an enquiry in the presence of the complainant and the accused and to proceed in the matter strictly in accordance with law if some cognizable offence was found to have been committed---Constitutional petition was disposed of accordingly.
Qazi Muhammad Saleem for Petitioner.
Farooq Bedar, Addl. A.-G. for Respondents.
ORDER
According to learned counsel, a complaint vide Annexure "B" was lodged by the petitioner, Ashraf Gulzar, in the Police Station Bhatti Gate, Lahore, on 4-1-1994 disclosing that respondent Nos.3 and 4 trespassed into his house and deprived him of an attache-case alongwith a sum of Rs.5,000 and golden ornaments. It is stated by the learned counsel that the complaint Annexure "B" was not attended to by the Police Officer despite repeated requests. The allegations levelled in the complaint are serious indeed. A suggestion has, therefore, been made by the learned Additional Advocate- A General that the complaint may be forwarded to the S.S.P., Lahore for probe. In the circumstances, office shall send a copy of the complaint Annexure "B" alongwith this order to the S.S.P., Lahore. On receipt of the complaint, the Police Officer shall conduct an enquiry in presence of the petitioner and respondents Nos.3, 4 and 6. In case, he comes to the conclusion that some cognizable offence has been committed, he will proceed in the matter strictly in accordance with law. With this observation, this petition is disposed of.
N.H.Q./A-626/L Order accordingly.