CrPC § 239 — What persons may be charged jointly

Statutory text (English)

The following persons may be charged and tried
together, namely:—
(a) persons accused of the same offence committed in the course of the same transaction;
(b) persons accused of an offence and persons accused of abetment, or of an attempt to commit
such offence;
(c) persons accused of more than one offence of the same kind, within the meaning of section 234
committed by them jointly within the period of twelve months;
(d) persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction;
(e) persons accused of an offence which includes theft, extortion, or criminal misappropriation, and
persons accused of receiving or retaining, or assisting in the disposal or concealment of, property
possession of which is alleged to have been transferred by any such offence committed by the
first-named persons, or of abetment of or attempting to commit any such last-named offence;
(f) persons accused of offences under sections 411 and 414 of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of
1860) or either of those sections in respect of stolen property the possession of which has been
transferred by one offence; and
(g) persons accused of any offence under Chapter XIl of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860)
relating to counterfeit coin, and persons accused of any other offence under the said
Chapter relating to the same coin, or of abetment of or attempting to commit any such offence;
and the provisions contained in the former part of this Chapter shall, so far as may be, apply to all such
charges.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.239: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 113, 114, 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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