IHC bars acquitted cases from police character certificates
Anyone who needs to apply for a police character certificate online or at a station in Islamabad gains from an IHC order that keeps finally acquitted FIRs off the issued document.
The Islamabad High Court ruled police cannot mention criminal cases on character certificates for people finally acquitted by a court.
Justice Ayyaz Shaukat allowed a petition seeking removal of a Shalimar Police Station FIR from a citizen’s certificate.
The Islamabad IGP must create a procedure so FIRs that end in final acquittal are left off character certificates.
Police may keep such details in internal records, but not on certificates issued to citizens, including those travelling abroad.
The petitioner’s earlier certificate was declared unlawful for calling him “discharged” despite a final court decision.