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Section 171 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
171. Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subjected to restraint.-
No complainant or witness on his way to any Court shall be required to accompany a police officer, or shall be subjected to unnecessary restraint or inconvenience, or required to give any security for his appearance other than his own bond:
Provided that, if any complainant or witness refuses to attend or to execute a bond as directed in section 170, the officer in charge of the police station may forward him in custody to the Magistrate, who may detain him in custody until he executes such bond, or until the hearing of the case is completed.
Related Sections
- Section 355: Metropolitan Magistrates judgment
- Section 393: Finality of judgments and orders on appeal
- Section 268: Power of State Government to exclude certain persons from operation of section 267
- Section 415: Postponement of execution of sentence of death in case of appeal to Supreme Court
- Section 307: Power to direct tender of pardon
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