01/10/2024
The inquest report is a document prepared under Rule 35 of Chapter 25 of Police Rules, 1934 and its circumspective perusal gives traces about the manner in which investigation of a homicide case is conducted on the first day and besides that it also gives clue about the veracity of prosecution’s claim regarding the prompt registration of F.I.R. The inquest report comprises upon 24-columns which are followed by an additional page meant for incorporating the brief facts of the occurrence emerging from the contents of complaint. According to the sequence of proceedings required to be carried out by the police in a murder case, firstly the statement of complainant for the registration of F.I.R is recorded and then the spot inspection is carried out, whereafter the inquest report is to be prepared. Columns No.1 to 24 of inquest report are meant to mention various factors which include the place of incident, the time of receipt of its information, the detail of injuries on the co**se, the kind of weapon used and the articles recovered from the crime scene. The most important aspect is the brief facts of the case required to be mentioned on its last page. The inquest report is a document which is essentially required to be provided to the medical officer for holding of postmortem examination. The purpose of providing inquest report to the medical officer before the autopsy apparently is aimed at safeguarding the record from becoming vulnerable to the impurity of tampering through which the delayed F.I.Rs are shown to have been promptly registered.
2024 PCr. LJ 1421
PLJ 2024 Cr.C 857
Criminal Appeal No.827 of 2022
(Muhammad Atif Naveed v. The State) and
Criminal Appeal No.698 of 2022
(Muhammad Ishfaq v. The State) and
Murder Reference No.41 of 2022
(The State v. Muhammad Atif Naveed)