For convicting a person in the offence of fornication, complaint in terms of section 203-C, Cr.P.C. is mandatory.

 For convicting a person in the offence of fornication, complaint in terms of section 203-C, Cr.P.C. is mandatory. Moreover, a male alone cannot be convicted in the offence of fornication and the consenting female could not be believed as a witness against the male.

No criminal revision is competent against the acquittal in the light of section 439(5), Cr.P.C

section 439(5), Cr.P.C
Crl. Appeal
1748709.185-15
RASHID AHMAD VS STATE ETC
Mr. Justice Muhammad Tariq Nadeem 11-10-2022
2022 LHC 7745