Criminal Trial in Pakistan

The process of criminal trials from the reporting of an alleged offense to the conviction or acquittal of an accused over a subsequent charge is as follows: Cognizable offenses are either reported to the police or other law enforcement agencies or anti-corruption bodies, depending on the relevant jurisdiction. The reporting of any such offense takes place through an application that is either written or narrated orally to the competent authority, by virtue of Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 (CrPC). According to S.154 CrPC