CrPC § 170 — Case to be sent to Magistrate when evidence is sufficient

Statutory text (English)

(1) If, upon an investigation under
this Chapter, it appears to the officer in charge of the police-station that there is sufficient evidence or
reasonable ground as aforesaid, such officer shall forward the accused under custody to a Magistrate
empowered to take cognizance of the offence upon a police-report and to try the accused or
[send] him for
trial or, if the offence is bailable and the accused is able to give security, shall take security from him for his
appearance before such Magistrate on a day fixed and for his attendance from day to day before such
Magistrate until otherwise directed.

(2) When the officer in charge of a police-station forwards an accused person to a Magistrate or takes
security for his appearance before such Magistrate under this section, he shall send to such Magistrate any
weapon or other article which it may be necessary to produce before him, and shall require the
complainant (if any) and so many of the persons who appear to such officer to be acquainted with the
circumstances of the case as he may think necessary, to execute a bond to appear before the Magistrate as
thereby directed and prosecute or give evidence (as the case may be) in the matter of the charge against the
accused.
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(5) The officer in whose presence the bond is executed shall deliver a copy thereof to one of the persons
who executed it, and shall then send to the Magistrate the original with his report.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.170: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 86, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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• Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 86) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment version…

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