CrPC § 234 — Three offences of same kind within year may be charged together

Statutory text (English)

(1) When a person is
accused of more offences than one of the same kind committed within the space of twelve months from the
first to the last of such offences,
[whether in respect of the same person or not], he may be charged with,
and tried at one trial for, any number of them not exceeding three.

(2) Offences are of the same kind when they are punishable with the same amount of punishment under
the same section of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860) or of any special or local law:
[
Provided that, for the purpose of this section, an offence punishable under section 379 of the Pakistan
Penal Code (XLV of 1860) shall be deemed to be an offence of the same kind as an offence punishable
under section 380 of the said Code, and that an offence punishable under any section of the Pakistan Penal
Code (XLV of 1860), or of any special or local law, shall be deemed to be an offence of the same kind as an
attempt to commit such offence, when such an attempt is an offence.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.234: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 110, 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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