CrPC § 171 — Complainants and witnesses not to be required to accompany police-officer

Statutory text (English)

No complainant or
witness on his way to the Court of the Magistrate shall be required to accompany a police-officer,
Complainents and witnesses not to be subjected to restraint. or shall be subjected to unnecessary
restraint or inconvenience, or required to give any security for his appearance other than his own bond.
Recusant complainant witness may be forwarded in custody.

Provided that, if any complainant or
witness refuses to attend or to execute a bond as directed in section 170, the officer in charge of the police-
station may forward him in custody to the Magistrate, who may detain him in custody until he executes such
bond, or until the hearing of the case is completed.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.171: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 86, 87, 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, 87) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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