--Order for recording of FIR----Case should have been registered under S. 154, Cr.P.C., when matter was reported to the police--

 2017 Y L R 766

Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)---

----Ss. 154 & 22-A---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Ex-Officio Justice of Peace---Order for recording of FIR---Scope---D.N.A. test---Contention of accused was that without D.N.A. test it would be dangerous to book him in a henious offence punishable with life imprison-ment---Validity---Case should have been registered under S. 154, Cr.P.C., when matter was reported to the police---Police administration was bound to follow the dictate of law---Ex-Officio Justice of Peace had exercised the authority vested in him by ordering the S. H. O. to register a case on application made by the complainant---Investigation including a D.N.A. test was to follow the registration of case and under no circumstances could it precede the registration of case nor could the registration of case be deferred or made contingent upon the positive report of D.N.A. test---No illegality had been pointed out in the impugned order which was passed within jurisdiction---Constitutional petition was dismissed in circumstances.