Section 55 of CRPC. "Procedure when police officer deputes
subordinate to arrest without warrant"
(1) When any officer in charge of a police station or any police
officer making an investigation under Chapter XII requires any
officer subordinate to him to arrest without a warrant
(otherwise than in his presence) any person who may lawfully be
arrested without a warrant, he shall deliver to the officer
required to make the arrest an order in writing, specifying the
person to be arrested and the offence or other cause for which
the arrest is to be made and the officer so required shall,
before making the arrest, notify to the person to be arrested
the substance of the order and, if so required by such person,
shall show him the order.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall affect the power of a police officer to arrest a person under section 41
Section 56 of CRPC. "Person arrested to be taken before
Magistrate or officer in charge of police station"
A police officer making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer in charge of a police station.
Section 57 of CRPC. "Person arrested not to be detained more
than twenty-four hours"
No police officer shall detail in custody a person arrested without warrant for a longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable, and such period shall not, in the absence of a special order of a Magistrate under section 167, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court.