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Section 61 - The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
61. Power, on escape, to pursue and retake.
(1) If a person in lawful custody escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and arrest him in any place in India.
(2) The provisions of section 44 shall apply to arrests under sub-section (1) although the person making any such arrest is not acting under a warrant and is not a police officer having authority to arrest.
Related Sections
- Section 40: Arrest by private person and procedure on such arrest
- Section 87: Claims and objections to attachment
- Section 326: Deposition of Medical witness
- Section 357: Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings
- Section 336: Evidence of public servants, experts, police officers in certain cases
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