Monitoring Desk Traffic rules violation is a non-cognizable offence while the First Information Report (FIR) is an account of a cognizable offence, over which the police has jurisdiction and it can arrest the accused without warrant, thus FIR registration in Karachi against traffic violators is breach of law itself. These views were expressed by the prominent legal practitioners when contacted on Monday. It may be noted here that the Sindh High Court (SHC) had directed the top officials of the Sindh on February20 to submit a report regarding registration of FIR against one-way traffic violators in Karachi, by March 10. A petition was moved before the SHC challenging registration of FIRs over one-way traffic violations in Karachi, in which, the court was told that around 2100 citizens were booked in cases over violating a one-way traffic rule. Advocate of Supreme Court Muhammad Farooq has said that FIR cannot be registered on violation of traffic rules and regulations because it is a non-cognizable offence. When any driver violates traffic rules.
