CrPC § 250 — False, frivolous or vexatious accusations

Statutory text (English)

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(1) If in any case instituted upon complaint or upon
information given to a police-officer or to a Magistrate, one or more persons is or are accused before a
Magistrate or any offence triable by a Magistrate, and the Magistrate by whom the case is heard
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*acquits all or any of the accused, and is of opinion that the accusation against them or any of them was
false and either frivolous or vexatious, the Magistrate may, by his order of 4* * * acquittal, if the person
upon whose complaint or information the accusation was made is present, call upon hin forthwith to show
cause why he should not pay compensation to such accused or to each or any of such accused when there
are more than one, or, if such person is not present direct the issue of a summons to him to appear and show
cause as aforesaid.

(2) The Magistrate shall record and consider any cause which such complainant or information may
show and if he is satisfied that the accusation was false and either frivolous or vexatious may, for reasons to
be recorded, direct that compensation to such amount not exceeding
[twenty-five thousand rupees] or, if
the Magistrate is a Magistrate of the third class, not exceeding
[two thousand and five hundred rupees] as
he may determine, be paid by such complainant or informant to the accused or to each or any of them.
[(2A) The compensation payable under sub-section

(2) shall be recoverable as an arrear of
land revenue.]
(2B) When any person is imprisoned under sub-section (2A), the provisions of sections 68 and 69 of the
Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860) shall, so far as may be, apply.
(2C) No person who has been directed to pay compensation under this section shall, by reason of such
order, be exempted from any civil or criminal liability in respect of the complaint made or information given
by him:

Provided that any amount paid to an accused person under this section shall be taken into account in
awarding compensation to such person in any subsequent civil suit relating to the same matter.]

(3) A complainant or informant who has been ordered under
[sub-section

(2)] by a Magistrate of the
second or third class to pay compensation
[or has been so ordered by any other Magistrate to pay
compensation exceeding fifty rupees] may appeal from the order, in so far as the order relates to the
payment of the compensation, as if such complainant or informant had been convicted on a trial held by
such Magistrate.

(4) When an order for payment of compensation to an accused person is made in a case which is subject
to appeal under sub-section

(3), the compensation shall not be paid to him before the period allowed for the
presentation of the appeal has elapsed, or, if an appeal is presented, before the appeal has been decided
[and, where such order is made in a case which is not so subject to appeal, the compensation shall not be
paid before the expiration of one month from the date of the order].
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Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.250: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 117, 118, 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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