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I am now starting objective series for general Law subject and i wish you people correct any mistake, I hope it will be helpful for those who opted law and i am starting this thread on the request of our member Dua e khair.

1. Pakistan Penal Code, defines the offences and provide for their punishments.

2. Criminal Procedure code, gives us the procedure for hearing, and punishing or acquitting an accused,as the case may be.

3. Criminal procedure code, is a procedural and substantive law.

4. FIR stands for first information report.

5. Cognizable cases means, cases in which the police officer, incharge of a police station, shall investigate without the order of the Magistrate.

6. Non Cognizable cases means, cases in which the police officer, incharge of a police station can't investigate without the order of the Magistrate.

7. A cognizable offence means an offence in which a police officer may in accordance with the second schedule of the crpc, or under any special law for the time being enforce, arrest the person accused of such offence without warrant.

8. Non-cognizable offence means an offence in which the police officer may not arrest a person without warrant.

9. FIR is not substantive evidence and can be used only for limited purposes like corroborating or contradicting the maker thereof.

10. The object of FIR is to obtain the earliest information of the alleged criminal activity, before there is time for them to be forgotten or embellished, and the report can be put in evidence when the informant is examined.

11. Examination-in-chief is the examination of a witness by the party who calls him.

12. Cross-examination is the examination of a witness by the adverse party.

13. The opinion of expert is not binding upon the Judge.

14. An accused person has been described as Child of Law.

15. Trial is a judicial proceeding which ends in conviction/acquittal.

16. The examination of a witness after his cross examination is called Re-examination.

17. The form of FIR contain 7 columns.

18. A Police officer is bound to bring a person arrested by him before the court within 24 hours.

19. Charge means the precise formulation of specific accusation made against a person, it shall give the accused full notice of offence charged against him.

20. offence has been defined in CRPC as any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being enforce,.

21. Expert means a person who is skilled by special study or experience and has adequate knowledge knowledge of the subject.

22. Evidence of third person is evidence, and demands of law are that any person has to depose to facts within his own knowledge.

23. Whether the death of "A" was caused by poison , the opinion of expert as to the symptoms produced by the poison by which "A" is supposed to have died, are relevant.

24. It is the duty of court to decide whether the skills of any person in the matter on which evidence of his opinion is required is sufficient to entitle him to be considered as an Expert Opinion.

25. Confession is an admission made at any time during the course of investigation by a person charged with an offence.

26. Confession suggests an inference that the person (who made confession) has committed the offence.

27. A declaration is not a Confession if it is not made with an animus-confitendi, that is with an intention to confess, or if it does not amount to an admission of facts from which guilt is directly deducible.

28. A confession may be recorded by a magistrate of first or second class, specially empowered in this behalf by the provincial government.

29. Confessions are of two types, Exculpatory and Inculpatory.

30. Exculpatory confession is one in which the accused excludes himself and merely proves his innocence.

31. In Inculpatory confessions, accused includes himself in the commission of offence.

32. Both ,Inculpatory and Exculpatory confessions can be seen when the offence has been committed by more than one accused.

33. Confession can be recorded in the course of investigation or inquiry or at anytime afterwards, before the commencement of trial.

34. Before recording a confession, the magistrate explains to the person that he is not bound to make it, and if he makes it, it can be used in evidence against him.

35. The magistrate should not record the confession unless upon questioning the person making it, he has reason to believe that it is voluntarily made.

36. There are two kinds of Confessions, Judicial confession and Extra-Judicial confession.

37. Confession shall be recorded in the form of questions and answers, put to a person who make it.

38. confession must be in the language in which he is examined, or if it is not practicable, then in the language of court or english.

39. After making confession, the record of that must be shown or read over to the person making the confession and if necessary it shall be interpreted to him in the language, which he understands.

40. When confession is made confrontable, then the statement shall be signed by the accused and by the magistrate.

41. The Magistrate shall make a memorandum at the foot of such record of confession to the effect as provided in section 164 of criminal procedure code.

42. Judicial confessions are those which are made before a Magistrate in the due course of legal proceedings.

43. Extra-Judicial confessions are those which are neither made to a Magistrate nor in the due course of legal proceedings,

1. Life denotes the life of a human being, unless the contrary appears from the context.

2. Whoever commits criminal breach of trust shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years.

3. Arsh denotes the compensation to be paid to the victim or his heirs.

4. Without exposing the bone of the victim, the accused is said to cause...shajja-e-khafifah.

5. Qisas for qatl amd shall not be enforced when the offender dies before the enforcement of qisas.

6. An officer above the rank of constable can perform duties of an s.h.o.

7. Section 54 deals with commutation of sentence of death.

8. Section 55 deals with commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life.

9. Section 55-A deals with saving for president prerogative.

10. Section 57 deals with fraction of terms of punishment.

11. Section 63 deals with amount of fine.

12. Section 64 deals with sentence of imprisonment for non payment of fine.

13. Whoever causes the jurh in which the injury extends to the body cavity is said to have caused... Jaifah.

14. Whoever by force compels, or by any deceitful mean induces a person to go from any place is said to abduct that person.

15. Section 73 deals with solitary confinement.

16. Section 75 deals with enhanced punishment for certain offenders under chapter xii or chapter xvii after previous conviction.

17. Section 77 deals with the act of judge when acting judicially.

18. Section 80 deals with accident in doing a lawful act.

19. Section 82 deals with act of a child under 7 years of age.

20. Section 83 deals with act of a child above 7 and under 12 years of age of immature understanding.

21. Section 84 deals with the act of a person of unsound mind.

22. Section 94 deals with act to which a person is compelled by threats.

23. Section 95 deals with the act causing slight harm.

24. Section 96 deals with things done in private defence.

25. Section 97 deals with right of private defence of body and property.

26. Section 99 deals with the act against which there is no right of private defence.

27. Section 106 deals with right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person.

28. Section 107 deals with abetment of a thing.

29. Section 108 deals with abettor.

30. Section 108-A deals with abetment in pakistan of offences outside it.

31. Section 109 deals with punishment of abetment if the act abetted committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment.

32. The liabilty of abettor when one act abetted and different act done is the same, provided the act done was a probable cause of the abatement.

33. A criminal conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to do or cause to be done an illegal act or a legal act by illegal means.

34. Electoral righ means the right of person to stand or not to stand as candidate and to vote or not to vote in election.

35. A, voluntarily a valuable security belonging to Z intending to cause wrongful loss to Z, A has committed Mischief.

36. A person is said to commit house breaking by night when he commits house breaking after sunset and before sunrise.

Attempt to commit suicide is punishable with imprisonment of one year or with fine or both.


Badiah is not a kind of shajjah.


kidnapping includes kidnapping from pakistan and from lawful guardianship.


Wali is a person who is entitled to claim qisas.


Unlawful assembly comprises of atleast 5 persons.


Affray is disturbing the public peace by the fight of two persons.


Diyat means compensation payable to the heirs of the victim under section 323 PPC.


S.66 ppc deals with description of imprisonment for non payment of fine.


When an act is abetted and different act is done, the abettor is liable for the act done.


Giving false evidence is an offence under section 191 ppc.


Rape has been defined in section 375 ppc.


Punishment for rape is ten years or fine or both.


Unnatural offences can be committed with man, woman or animal.


S378 ppc deals with definition of theft.