Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant issued
Chapter 6: Processes to compel appearance
(1) When a warrant of arrest is executed outside the district in which it was issued, the person arrested shall, unless the Court which issued the warrant is within thirty kilometres of the place of arrest or is nearer than the Executive Magistrate or District Superintendent of Police or Commissioner of Police within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the arrest was made, or unless security is taken under section 73, be taken before such Magistrate or District Superintendent or Commissioner.
(2) On the arrest of any person referred to in sub-section (1), the police officer shall forthwith give the information regarding such arrest and the place where the arrested person is being held to the designated police officer in the district and to such officer of another district where the arrested person normally resides.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 77Notification of substance of warrantCrPC 75
- 78Person arrested to be brought before Court without delayCrPC 76
- 79Where warrant may be executedCrPC 77
- 80Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdictionCrPC 78
- 81Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdictionCrPC 79
- 83Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is broughtCrPC 81