PPC § 308 — Punishment in qatl-i-amd not liable to qisas, etc

Statutory text (English)

(1) Where an offender guilty of
qatl-i-amd is not liable to qisas under section 306 or the qisas is not enforceable under clause (c) of
section 307, he shall be liable to diyat:

Provided that, where the offender is minor or insane, diyat shall be payable either from his
property or, by such person as may be determined by the court:

Provided further that where at the time of committing qatl-e-amd the offender being a minor,
had attained sufficient maturity or being insane, had a lucid interval, so as to be able to realize the
consequences of his act, he may also be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend 1[twenty-five years] as ta'zir:

Provided further that, where the qisas is not enforceable under clause (c) of section 307, the
offender shall be liable to diyat only if there is any wali other than offender and if there is no wali other
than the offender, he shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to 1[twenty-five years] as ta'zir.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section

(1), the court, having regard to the
facts and circumstances of the case in addition to the punishment of diyat, may punish the offender
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 1[twenty-five years], as ta'zir.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.308: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 108, 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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