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The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
55. Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant.
(1) When any officer in charge of a police station or any police officer making an investigation under Chapter XIII requires any officer subordinate to him to arrest without a warrant (otherwise than in his presence) any person who may lawfully be arrested without a warrant, he shall deliver to the officer required to make the arrest an order in writing, specifying the person to be arrested and the offence or other cause for which the arrest is to be made and the officer so required shall, before making the arrest, notify to the person to be arrested the substance of the order and, if so required by such person, shall show him the order.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall affect the power of a police officer to arrest a person under section 35.
If a police officer wants someone else in the police force to make an arrest, they must give that officer a written order. The order must say who to arrest and why.
The officer making the arrest must tell the person being arrested about the order and show it to them if they ask.
This rule doesn't stop a police officer from making an arrest without an order if they are allowed to do so by law.