CrPC § 345 — Compounding offences

Statutory text (English)

(1) The offences punishable under the sections of the Pakistan
Penal Code (XLV of 1860) 4[specified] in the first two columns of the table next following may be
compounded by the persons mentioned in the third column of that table:-
Offence.
Sections of Pakistan Penal
Code applicable
Persons by whom offence may be compounded.
Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent
to wound the religious feelings of any
person.
298 The person whose religious feelings are intended to
be wounded.
1* * *
Wrongfully restraining or
confining any person.
341, 342 The person restrained or confined.
Assault or use of criminal force. 352,355,358 The person assaulted or to whom criminal forces is
used.
Unlawful compulsory labour..
374 The person compelled to labour.
Mischief, when the only loss
or damage caused is loss or
damage to a private person
426, 427 The person to whom the loss or
damage is caused.
Criminal trespass....
House-trespass....
The person in possession of
the property trespassed upon.
2[Dishonestly issuing a cheque for
repayment of loan or fulfillment of an
obligation.
489-F The person in whose favour
cheque issued.]
Criminal breach of contract
of service.......
490, 491, 492 The person with whom the
offender has contracted.
Adultery......
Enticing or taking away or
detaining with criminal intent a married
woman......
The husband of the woman
Defamation...... 500
The person defamed.
Printing or engraving matter,
knowing it to be defamatory. 501
Sale of printed or engraved
substance containing defamatory matter,
knowing it to contain such matter. 502
Insult intended to provoke a
breach of the peace.
The person insulted.
Criminal intimidation except when the
offence is punishable with
imprisonment for seven years.
506 The person intimidated.
3[Act caused by making a person
believe that he will be an object
of divine displeasure.]
508 The person against whom the offence
was committed.].
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(2) 2Subject to sub-section

(7), the offences punishable under the sections of the Pakistan Penal Code
(XLV of 1860) specified in the first two columns of the table next following may, with the permission of the
Court before which any prosecution for such offence is pending, be compounded by the persons mentioned
in the third column of that table:
Offence Sections of the Pakistan Penal Code
applicable
Persons by whom offence may be
compounded
3[Rioting 147 The person against whom the offence was
committed or the heirs of such person, as
the case may be, if the offence was
committed alongwith another
compoundable offence
Rioting armed with deadly weapon 148 Ditto]
Qatl-i-amd 302 4["by the heirs of the victim, subject to the
provisions of section 311."].'.
Qatl under ikrah-i-tam 303 Ditto.
Qatl-i-amd not liable to qisas 308 Ditto.
Qatl-i-Shibh-i-amd 316 5[By the heirs of the victim"]…
Qatt-i-khata 319 Ditto
Qatl-i-khata by rash or negligent driving. 320 Ditto
Qatl-bis-sabab 322 Ditto
Attempt to commit qati-i-amd 324 The person against whom the
offence was committed.
Itlaf-i-udw 334 The person to whom hurt is caused
Itlaf-i-Salahiyyat-i-udw 336 Ditto
Shajjah of any kind 337A Ditto
Jaifah 337D Ditto
Ghayr-jaifah of any kind 337F Ditto
Hurt by rash or negligent driving 337G Ditto
Hurt by rash or negligent act 337H Ditto
Hurt by mistake 337I Ditto
Hurt by means of a poison 337J Ditto
Hurt to extort confession or to compel
restoration of property
337K Ditto
Other hurts 337L Ditto
Hurt not liable to qisas 337M Ditto
Cases in which qisas for hurt cannot be
enforced
337N Ditto
Isqat-i-haml 338A The victim or the heirs of the victim, as the
case may be.
Isqat-i-janin 338C The victim or the heirs of the victim, as the
case may be.]
Wrongfully confining a person
for three days or more
343 The person confined
Wrongfully confining a person in secret. 346 Ditto
Assault or criminal force in attempting
wrongfully to confine a person.
357 The person assaulted or to whom the force
was used.
Dishonest misappropriation of property 403 The owner of the property
misappropriated.
Cheating...... 417 The person cheated.
Cheating a person whose interest the
offender was bound, by law or by legal
contract, to protect
418 Ditto
Cheating by personation...... 419 Ditto
Cheating and dishonestly
inducing delivery of property or the
making, alteration or
destruction of a valuable security.
420 Ditto
Mischief by injury to work of
irrigation by wrongfully diverting
water when the only loss or
damage caused is loss or damage
to a private person
430 The person to whom the loss or
damage is caused.
House-trespass to commit an
offence (other than theft)
punishable with imprisonment.
451 The person in possession of the house
trespassed upon.
Using a false trade or
property mark.
482 The person to whom loss or
injury is caused by such use.
Counterfeiting a trade or property mark
used by another.
483 The person whose trade or property mark
is counterfeited.
Knowingly selling, or exposing or
possessing for sale or for trade or
manufacturing purpose, goods
marked with a counterfeit trade or
property mark.
486 Ditto.
Marrying again during the lifetime
of a husband or wife.
494 The husband or wife of the
person so marrying.
Uttering words or sounds
or making gestures or
exhibiting any object intending to
insult the modesty of a woman or
intruding upon the privacy of a
woman.
509 The woman whom it is intended
to insult or whose privacy is
intruded upon.]
1[(2A) Where an offence under Chapter XVI of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of
1860), has been committed in the name or on the pretext of karo kari, siyah kari or similar other
customs or practices, such offence may be waived or compounded subject to such conditions as the
Court may deem fit to impose with the consent of the parties having regard to the facts and
circumstances of the case.]

(3) When any offence is compoundable under this section, the abetment of such offence or an
attempt to commit such offence (when such attempt is itself an offence) may be compounded
in like manner.

(4) When the person who would otherwise be competent to compound an offence under this
section is 2[under the age of eighteen years or is] an idiot or a lunatic, any person competent to
contract on his behalf may 3[with the permission of the Court] compound such offence.
4[
(5) when the accused has been convicted and an appeal is pending, no composition for the
offence shall be allowed without the leave of the Court before which the appeal is to be heard.]
3[(5A) A High Court acting in the exercise of its powers of revision under section 439 5[,and a
Court of Session so acting under section 439-A,] may allow any person to compound any offence
which he is competent to compound under this section.]

(6) The composition of an offence under this section shall have the effect of an acquittal of the
accused 2[with whom the offence has been compounded.]
6[
(7) No offence shall be waived or compounded save as provided by this section and section
311 of Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (Act V of 1860).]

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Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.345: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 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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