QSO 1984 § Article 24 — When facts not otherwise relevant become relevant

Statutory text (English)

Facts not otherwise
relevant are relevant—

(1) if they are inconsistent with any fact in issue or relevant fact;

(2) if by themselves or in connection with other facts they make the existence or
non- existence of any fact in issue or relevant fact highly probable or improbable.
Illustrations
(a) The question is, whether A committed a crime at Peshawar on a certain day.
The fact that, on that day, A was at Lahore is relevant
The fact that, near the time when the crime was committed, A was at a
distance from the place where it was committed, which would render it highly
improbable, though not impossible, that he committed it, is relevant
(b) The question is, whether A committed a crime,.
The circumstances are such that the crime must have been committed either
by,A, B, C, or D. Every fact which shows that the crime could have been
committed by no one else and that it was not committed by either B, C or D,
is relevant.

Source and verification

Source citation: Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 (P.O. No. X of 1984) Art. 24: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE QANUN-E-SHAHADAT ORDER 1984 (LAW OF EVIDENCE)' (P.O. No. X of 1984, last amended 2017-02-16 incl. Act No. IV of 2017), p. 20, 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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