CrPC § 172 — Diary of proceedings in investigation

Statutory text (English)

(1) Every police-officer making an investigation under this
Chapter shall day by day enter his proceedings in the investigation in a diary, setting forth the time at which
the information reached him the time at which he began and closed his investigation, the place or places
visited by him, and a statement of the circumstances ascertained through his investigation.

(2) Any Criminal Court may send for the police-diaries of a case under inquiry or trial in such Court,
and may use such diaries, not as evidence in the case, but to aid it in such inquiry or trial. Neither the
accused nor his agents shall be entitled to call for such diaries, nor shall he or they be entitled to see them
merely because they are referred to by the Court; but, if they are used by the police-officer who made them,
to refresh his memory, or if the Court, uses them for the purpose of contradicting such police-officer, the
provisions of the Evidence Act, 1872 (I of 1872), section 161 or section 145, as the case may be, shall
apply.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.172: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 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. 87) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment version…

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