PPC § 94 — Act to which a person is compelled by threats

Statutory text (English)

Except murder, and offences against
the State punishable with death, nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is compelled to
do it by threats, which, at the time of doing it, reasonably cause the apprehension that instant death to
that person will otherwise be the consequence:

Provided the person doing the act did not of his own
accord, or from a reasonable apprehension of harm to himself short of instant death, place himself in
the situation by which he became subject to such constraint.

Explanation 1.— A person who, of his own accord, or by reason of a threat of being beaten,
joins a gang of dacoits, knowing their character, is not entitled to the benefit of this exception, on the
ground of his having been compelled by his associates to do anything that is an offence by law.

Explanation 2.— A person seized by a gang of dacoits, and forced by threat of instant death, to
do a thing which is an offence by law ; for example, a smith compelled to take his tools and to force
the door of a house for the dacoits to enter and plunder it, is entitled to the benefit of this exception.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.94: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 48, 49, 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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