Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pakistan

Is it true that a citizen may arrest someone without warrant if he has committed a misdemeanor amounting to a breach of the peace or a felony in the citizen�s presence. Will this arrest be lawful if someone has in fact committed the crime for which he has been arrested?


Asked on 9/25/12, 1:57 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Adnan Bashir A B Choudry Law Firm

yes , he may arrest that person. peruse the following section;

59. Any private person may arrest any

person who in his view commits a non-bailable and cognizable offence, or any proclaimed offender, and

without unnecessary delay, shall make over any person so arrested to a police-officer or, in the absence of a

police-officer, take such person or causes him to be taken in custody to the nearest police-station.

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Answered on 9/26/12, 2:41 am


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