- District Criminal Courts like other Courts are the creation of the Islamic Act — These Courts were created in 1974 — Their constitution was subsequently owned in 1995 by the Code of Criminal Procedure by adding new section 6-A — The result is that Courts established under the Islamic Act can also hear cases mentioned in schedule-II of Code of Criminal Procedure. Zahid Hussain Mirza v. The State and another 2000 SCR 524 (B)