Lahore High Court chief justice summons Punjab police chief over contempt cases involving illegible FIR and alleged defiance of court orders.
The Lahore High Court’s chief justice summoned Punjab’s inspector general of police on Thursday after a contempt hearing exposed shoddy police work. The judge expressed frustration over an illegible FIR and alleged police defiance of court orders in separate cases.
- ▪Chief Justice Aalia Neelum summoned Inspector General Rao Abdul Kareem to appear in person with relevant records Thursday.
- ▪A citizen’s plea alleged Chung police registered an FIR against him despite an LHC bench suspending a 2021 court order authorizing it.
- ▪When the police superintendent tried to read the FIR aloud in court, he could not properly narrate its contents.
- ▪Justice Neelum criticized the FIR’s illegible handwriting, remarking the text looked like ‘flies’ and was even smaller than actual flies.
- ▪The chief justice observed that poor police record-keeping was widespread across Punjab.
- ▪In a separate contempt case, the judge rejected an inquiry report filed by Lahore’s capital city police officer.
- ▪Another citizen alleged continued police harassment despite earlier court orders against it and a referral to the police chief for resolution.
- ▪The petitioner’s counsel argued police defied court directions and sought contempt proceedings against the capital city police officer.
Source: according to local media reports
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