Plea rejected to quash FIR in encounter case

KARACHI:

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday rejected a plea seeking dismissal of the FIR registered by the FIA in connection with the alleged fake encounter killing of Dr Shahnawaz Kumbhar in Mirpurkhas, and issued its written order.

In the written order, the court observed that the FIA did not have the authority to register a new FIR in cases of this nature. It stated that accused persons cannot be given relief on the basis of a legal technicality.

The court noted that it had only ordered the transfer of the investigation, and had not directed the FIA to register a new FIR.