Lahore Police have registered an FIR over the theft of two apples and a handwash bottle from a judge’s chamber. The unusual case, valued at just PKR 1,000, has sparked widespread reactions online.
Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province have registered an FIR over an unusual theft involving “two apples and a hand wash bottle” that allegedly went missing from the chamber of a sessions court judge in Lahore.
According to officials, the FIR was filed on Tuesday at the Islampura Police Station after a complaint was made by the judge’s reader. The reader stated that he submitted the complaint on the instructions of the judge.
The FIR mentions that the stolen items — “two apples and one handwash bottle” — belonged to Additional Sessions Judge Noor Muhammad Basmal and were taken from his chamber on December 5.
The total value of the items has been listed as PKR 1,000. Police said the case has been registered under Section 380 of the Pakistan Penal Code, which deals with theft committed within a building. A person convicted under this section may face imprisonment of up to seven years, a fine, or both.
The incident has drawn public attention because of the extremely low value of the items involved.
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A rights activist has described it as the “biggest theft case in Pakistan’s history,” highlighting the unusual nature of the FIR and raising questions about the use of legal resources for such minor losses.
The registration of the case has sparked discussions on social media and among legal circles about whether criminal proceedings of this scale should involve full police action, especially when the alleged stolen items are worth only PKR 1,000.
