MUHAMMAD ASLAM HAYAT versus ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE/JUSTICE OF PEACE, LAHORE
Sections 22A, 22B, 4 (1) (L), 156 and 157 Constitution of Pakistan, Article 199 Constitutional Petition A criminal case was registered against the Petitioner's direction and the complaint was that of the former Office of the Justice of Peace. , Sections 22A and 22B in use of, could not instruct the investigating officer to collect evidence in the form of mobile phone data under CRPC. Former officers of accuracy cannot interfere with the investigation of the Investigation, and the provisions of Sections 156 and 157, CR, to allow the investigating officer to collect evidence, allowed the police officers to investigate the matter, while the section While within the scope of the inquiry described in 4 (1) (l), the PC police officer was obliged to investigate the matter honestly, fairly and with justice, so that it could prove the truth. The former Office of the Justice of the Peace traveled beyond its jurisdiction under Section 22A, CRPC, when it directed the investigating officer to collect a mobile data hug. H. The court set aside the order passed by the former Office of the Justice of the Peace, as the case was without jurisdiction and without legal authority.
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