Inciting hatred: Court orders FIR against Rana Sanaullah
Police and an additional sessions judge had earlier refused to register the case
MULTAN:
Multan bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday ordered the registration of an FIR against former law minister Rana Sanaullah for inciting violence.
Faheem Gill, a citizen, had filed a petition, saying Sanaullah had encouraged people to attack Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to and kill him during a talk show aired on a private news channel. “He asked citizens of Pakistan to attack him and beat him to death,” the petitioner said.
He said his statements had made PTI workers fearful for their leader.
He said he had approached police to lodge an FIR against the former minister under Sections 153-A, 166 and 505 of the Pakistan Penal Code and section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). He said his application was rejected.
Gill said he had then moved the application in the court of an additional sessions judge under Sections 22-A, 22-B of the PPC but it was also rejected.
Judge Sikandar Zulqarnain Amir said the petitioner had provided material which indicated that the former minister of law and parliamentary affairs had tried to invigorate and incite masses by making derogatory remarks about a person without proper justification.
The court also ordered to make public the verdict.
The judge ordered the Cheliak station house officer to record the petitioner’s statements.
The station house officer was also directed to register a case of the petitioner and proceed in accordance with law.
In his concluding remarks, the judge said Pakistan was a democratic country. He said democracy bestowed many rights and privileges without any race and colour on its citizens.
The court rejected the opinion of assistant attorney general and the deputy prosecutor general for opposing the petition.
They had said that the petitioner was neither an aggrieved party nor had he been affected by the statements of the former minister.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2014.
Multan bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday ordered the registration of an FIR against former law minister Rana Sanaullah for inciting violence.
Faheem Gill, a citizen, had filed a petition, saying Sanaullah had encouraged people to attack Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to and kill him during a talk show aired on a private news channel. “He asked citizens of Pakistan to attack him and beat him to death,” the petitioner said.
He said his statements had made PTI workers fearful for their leader.
He said he had approached police to lodge an FIR against the former minister under Sections 153-A, 166 and 505 of the Pakistan Penal Code and section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). He said his application was rejected.
Gill said he had then moved the application in the court of an additional sessions judge under Sections 22-A, 22-B of the PPC but it was also rejected.
Judge Sikandar Zulqarnain Amir said the petitioner had provided material which indicated that the former minister of law and parliamentary affairs had tried to invigorate and incite masses by making derogatory remarks about a person without proper justification.
The court also ordered to make public the verdict.
The judge ordered the Cheliak station house officer to record the petitioner’s statements.
The station house officer was also directed to register a case of the petitioner and proceed in accordance with law.
In his concluding remarks, the judge said Pakistan was a democratic country. He said democracy bestowed many rights and privileges without any race and colour on its citizens.
The court rejected the opinion of assistant attorney general and the deputy prosecutor general for opposing the petition.
They had said that the petitioner was neither an aggrieved party nor had he been affected by the statements of the former minister.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2014.