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#Thread on legality of #PMLN FIR. Several High Court & SC Judgments have established that Sec 196 CrPC requires that no penal sections relating to offences against the State can be added to a FIR on complaint of a pvt person & requires complaint from either Fed or Provincial Govt 
In 2017 Hon. Justice Kiyani of IHC whose remarks on MNS's abscondence were hailed by Govt held that it's mandatory to obtain sanction from Govt for adding offences under 120B, 124A & 505 PPC (note all these are added in PMLN FIR). IHC quashed FIR as Police didn't follow procedure
J. Kiyani in same 2017 IHC judgment stated necessary ingredients for taking cognizance of offences like sedition and criminal conspiracy wherein he clearly state "Pvt person cannot agitate the matter regarding sedition...it should be initiated, inquires & investigated by Govt"
