A Lahore High Court judge had ordered registration of the case on Thursday.
Faheem Gill, a citizen, had filed a petition, saying Sanaullah had encouraged people during a talk show aired on a private TV channel to assault Khan.
“He asked citizens of Pakistan to beat Khan to death,” the petitioner said.
He said that he had approached police to lodge an FIR against Sanaullah under Sections 153-A, 166 and 505 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), but his application was rejected.
Gill said he had then taken the matter to court and an additional sessions judge had rejected it.
The LHC then ordered the Chehlik station house officer (SHO) to record the petitioner’s complaint and proceed in accordance with law.
The police registered the case on Saturday under Section 153.
Section 153 of the PPC is about “wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot”. An offence under Section 153 carries a maximum of six months imprisonment, a fine or both. The offence is also bailable.
Talking to The Express Tribune, Chehlak SHO Saeed Gujjar said that he had initially refused to lodge the FIR because the incident did not occur in the area. “The programme was aired from Lahore and the incident had occurred in Gujranwala district,” he said.
Talking to The Express Tribune, Gill said he would file a contempt of court petition on Monday in the LHC over police’s failure to register the case under sections 153-A, 166 and 505.
Section 153-A relates to promoting enmity between different groups, either spoken or written, and promoting or inciting on ground of religion and race.
It is also a non-bailable offence. Section 166 pertains to a public servant disobeying law with intent to cause injury to any other, while Section 505 is about statements conducing to public mischief.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 21st, 2014.
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