Section 60. Power, on escape, to pursue and retake

Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973

60.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 47 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.