Court declares 'abetting mutiny' case against PTI MNA cancelled.

KARACHI -- A court has 'cancelled' a case pertaining to abetting mutiny against PakiAstan Tehreek-i-Insaf MNA Alamgir Khan.

The opposition lawmaker was booked for spraying 'graffiti allegedly defaming security institutions and abetting mutiny, and attempting to seduce soldiers from their duty' inside a cricket ground in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on May 20.

Judicial Magistrate (East) Sibghatullah noted that the investigating officer had filed a charge sheet, recommending the trial of MNA Khan for allegedly committing offences punishable under Sections 131(abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty), 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups, etc), 500-A (punishment for defamation), 505(i)-A (statements conducing to public mischief), 511 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or for a shorter terms) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), 'but the essential elements for filing of complaint as required under Section 196 [Prosecution for offences against the State] Criminal Procedure Code is missing'.

'Section 196 imposes an embargo upon the court from taking cognizance of any offence punishable under the Chapter VI or IX-A of the PPC (except Section 127), or punishable under Section 108-A, or 153-A, or 295-A...