CrPC § 265C — Supply of statements and documents to the accused

Statutory text (English)

(1) In all cases instituted upon police
report, copies of the following documents shall be supplied free of cost to the accused not later than seven
days before the commencement of the trial, namely:—
(a) the first information reports ;
(b) the police report ;
(c) the statements of all witnesses recorded under sections 161 and 164; and
(d) the inspection note recorded by an investigation officer on his first visit to the place of
occurrence and the note recorded by him on recoveries made, if any:

Provided that, If arty part of a statement recorded under section 161 or section 164 is such that its
disclosure to the accused would be inexpedient in the public interest, such part of the statement shall be
excluded from the copy of the statement furnished to the accused.

(2) In all cases instituted upon a complaint in writing,—
(a) the complainant shall-
(i) state in the petition of complaint the substance of the accusation, the names of his witnesses
and the gist of the evidence which he is likely to adduce at the trial; and
(ii) within three days of the order of the Court under section 204 for issue of process to the
accused, file in the Court for supply to the accused as many copies of the complaint and
any other document which he has filed with his complaint as the number of the accused;
(b) copies of the complaint and any other documents which the complainant has filed therewith and
the statement under section 200 or section 202 shall be supplied free of cost to the accused not
later than seven days before the commencement of the trial.
265D When charge is to be framed. If, after persuing the police report or, as the case may be, the
complaint, and all other documents and statements filed by the prosecution, the Court is of opinion that
there is ground for proceeding with the trial of the accused it shall frame in writing a charge against the
accused.

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Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.265C: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 122, 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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