CrPC § 417 — Appeal in case of acquittal

Statutory text (English)

(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section

(4), the Provincial
Government may, in any case, direct the Public Prosecutor to present an appeal to the High Court from an
original or appellate order of acquittal passed by any Court other than a High Court.

(2) If such an order of acquittal is passed in any case instituted upon complaint and the High Court, on
an application made to it by the complainant in this behalf, grants special leave to appeal from the order of
acquittal, the complainant may present such an appeal to the High Court.
[(2A) A person aggrieved by the order of acquittal passed by any court other than a High Court, may,
within thirty days, file an appeal against such order].

(3) No application under sub-section

(2) for the grant of special leave to appeal from an order of
acquittal shall be entertained by the High Court after the expiry of sixty days from the date of that order.

(4) If, in any case, the application under sub-section

(2) for the grant of special leave to appeal from an
order of acquittal is refused, no appeal from that order of acquittal shall lie under sub-section

(1).]
5[
(5) An appeal against an order of conviction or acquittal under section 354A, 376, 376A, 377 or 377B
of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of 1860) shall be decided within six months.]

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Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.417: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 156, 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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