ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed Thursday said ninety per cent criminals are acquitted on account of faulty, defective investigation and improper or insufficient evidence.
The Chief Justice stated this during his meeting with a delegation of under-training Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) currently undergoing training at the Federal Judicial Academy, Islamabad under ‘Professional Exchange Programme’.
Justice Gulzar gave them an overview of the Criminal Justice System in Pakistan.
Deliberating upon the role of police in Criminal Justice System, he said that police is an important pillar of the criminal justice system. The responsibility of investigation lies with the police but unfortunately around 90 per cent criminals are acquitted on account of faulty, defective investigation and improper or insufficient evidence. The quality of evidence matters in an investigation.
He further told the participants that judgment authored by his lordship in Criminal Petition No.419/2020 titled as “Sadam Hussain Vs, The State through AG Islamabad and another” on 12.05.2020, it was held that “Investigation of crime is specialized subject in which the investigation officers are required to be fully trained and equipped and in this regard police training center should services of qualified professionals for imparting professional training to the investigation officers. A handbook of the crime investigation, based upon previous experiences, illustrations, practical applications and case law developed by the superior courts of Pakistan should be prepared immediately with knowledge of using investigation kits and preparing a computerized data of the crime”.
He expected from the trainee officers to apply their mind in investigation of cases rather than applying mechanical approach.
