CPC 1908 § Appendix A, Form 31 — FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

Statutory text (English)

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[A.B., the above-named plaintiff, states as follows:—
1. On the day of 19, the defendant obtained a warrant of
arrest from [a Magistrate of the said City, or as the case may be]on a charge of
, and the plaintiff was arrested thereon, and imprisoned for [days, or hours,
and gave bail in the sum of rupees to obtain his release].
2. In so doing the defendant acted maliciously and without reasonable or probable cause.
3. On the day of 19, the Magistrate dismissed the complaint of
the defendant and acquitted the plaintiff.
4. Many persons, whose names are unknown to the plaintiff, hearing of the arrest, and
supposing the plaintiff to be a criminal, have ceased to do business with him; or in consequence of
the said arrest, the plaintiff lost his situation as clerk to one E. F. ; or in consequence the plaintiff
suffered pain of body and mind, and was prevented from transacting his business, and was injured in
his credit, and incurred expense in obtaining his release from the said imprisonment and in defending
himself against the said complaint.
[As in paras. 4 and 5 of Form No. 1, and Relief claimed.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Appendix A, Form 31 (Appendix A (PLEADINGS)): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Appendices A-H statutory forms, pp. 185-318; printed FOURTH/FIFTH Schedule stubs omitted/repealed), p. 201, ingested 2026-09-15.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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