7/2021 I. A Roshan Ali Mahar (Appellant) V/S Ghulam Ali Dahar & others (Respondent)
Sindh High CourtCriminal Law2024
Bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jawad Akbar Sarwana(Author)
7/2021 I. A Roshan Ali Mahar (Appellant) V/S Ghulam Ali Dahar & others (Respondent) Sindh High Court
Bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jawad Akbar Sarwana(Author) Order Date: 01-APR-24
Filing of an FIR, false or otherwise, neither constitutes ???publication??? nor in itself meets any of the ingredients of defamation. The Appellant has, at best, framed a suit for alleged malicious prosecution in his plaint, but such an action cannot be maintained under the special law, i.e., the Defamation Ordinance, 2002. Appeal dismissed.
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