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Section 75 - The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
75. Warrant may be directed to any person.
(1) The Chief Judicial Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class may direct a warrant to any person within his local jurisdiction for the arrest of any escaped convict, proclaimed offender or of any person who is accused of a non-bailable offence and is evading arrest.
(2) Such person shall acknowledge in writing the receipt of the warrant, and shall execute it if the person for whose arrest it was issued, is in, or enters on, any land or other property under his charge.
(3) When the person against whom such warrant is issued is arrested, he shall be made over with the warrant to the nearest police officer, who shall cause him to be taken before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, unless security is taken under section 73.
Related Sections
- Section 179: Police officer's power to require attendance of witnesses
- Section 39: Arrest on refusal to give name and residence
- Section 387: Discharge of offender on submission of apology
- Section 276: Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases
- Section 168: Police to prevent cognizable offences