Arrested By police without Warrant 


  • Mst. Razia Pervez and another v. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Multan and 5 others (1992 PCr.LJ 131) it is observed as follows:

  • "No doubt, the Police Officer can arrest a person where a reasonable suspicion exists of his having been concerned in any cognizable offence but power given to the Police Officer under this section (section 54, Cr.P.C.) being an encroachment on the liberty of a citizen is not unlimited. It is subject to the condition stated therein. An arrest purporting to be under this section would be illegal unless the circumstances specified in the various clauses of the section exist. This section does not give free licence to a Police Officer to arrest anybody he may like. In order to act under this section, there must be a reasonable suspicion of the person to be arrested having been concerned in a cognizable offence. An arrest of a citizen in a reckless disregard of the conditions imposed in this section would make the arrest and detention of the subject illegal and the Police Officer arresting or detaining the subject would be exposed to prosecution under the Pakistan Penal Code and also for departmental action under the relevant rules."