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Precedent

Criminal process cannot be used to enforce a purely civil obligation

Citation: PLD 2024 LHC 145 Court: Lahore High Court Bench: Single Bench Decided: 12 Jun 2024

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Headnote

Where the controversy between the parties is contractual and already the subject of a pending civil suit, registration of an FIR on the same facts amounts to an abuse of the process of law.

Key holdings

  1. Parallel criminal proceedings on a purely contractual dispute may be quashed.
  2. The pendency of a civil suit on identical facts is a strong indicator of abuse.
  3. Quashment is refused where disputed questions of fact require evidence.