802/2024 Const. P. Muhammad Arif (Petitioner) V/S Province of Sindh & others (Respondent)
Bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon(Author)
802/2024 Const. P. Muhammad Arif (Petitioner) V/S Province of Sindh & others (Respondent) Sindh High Court
Bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon(Author) Order Date: 15-JUL-24
Admittedly, these are the cases of harassment at the hands of police in connivance with private respondents. The meaning of the word "harass" has been explained as "Injure and injury???; these words have numerous and comprehensive popular meanings, as well as having a legal import. A line may be drawn between these words and the word "harass" excluding the latter from being comprehended within the word "injure" or "injury". The synonyms of "harass" are: Weary, tire, perplex, distress tease, vex, molest, trouble, and disturb. They all have relation to mental annoyance." In the Oxford Dictionary of New Words, the meaning of the word "harassment" has been explained, which reads as "The subjection of a person to aggressive pressure or intimidation. ???Harassment" should be interpreted as potentially producing some unreasonably adverse impact on the victim. The conduct should produce more than "worry", "trouble", "discomfort" or "unease" unless perhaps these are experienced to an extreme degree."