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Section 46 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
46.Arrest how made.-
(1) In making an arrest the police officer or other person making the same shall actually touch or confine the body of the person to be arrested, unless there be a submission to the custody by word or action.
(2) If such person forcibly resists the endeavor to arrest him, or attempts to evade the arrest, such police officer or other person may use all means necessary to effect the arrest.
(3) Nothing in this section gives a right to cause the death of a person who is not accused of an offence punishable with death or with imprisonment for life.
Related Sections
- Section 134: Service or notification of order
- Section 53: Examination of accused by medical practitioner at the request of police officer
- Section 291: Deposition of medical witness
- Section 75: Notification of substance of warrant
- Section 464: Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge
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