What is Police to report apprehensions? What is Discharge of
person apprehended? What is Power, on escape, to pursue and
retake? Section 58, 59 and 60 of Code of Criminal Procedure
1973.
Police to report apprehensions, Discharge of person
apprehended, Power, on escape, to pursue and retake are defined
under Section 58, 59 and 60 of CRPC 1973. Provisions under these
sections are:
Section 58 of CRPC. "Police to report apprehensions"
Officers in charge of police stations shall report to the
District Magistrate, or, if he so directs, to the Sub-divisional
Magistrate, the cases of all persons arrested without warrant,
within the limits of their respective stations, whether such
persons have been admitted to bail or otherwise.
Section 59 of CRPC. "Discharge of person apprehended"
No person who has been arrested by a police officer shall be
discharged except on his own bond, or on bail, or under the
special order of a Magistrate.
Section 60 of CRPC. "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.
Section 60A Arrest to be made strictly according to the Code1
No arrest shall be made except in accordance with the provisions of this
Code or any other law for the time being in force providing for arrest.
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1. Ins. by s.10, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-12-2009).
ARREST OF PERSONS
Section 45 and 46 of Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - What is
Protection of members of the Armed Forces from arrest? Arrest
how made?
Section 47 and 48 of Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - What is
Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested? What is
Pursuit of offenders into other jurisdictions?
Section 49,50 and 51 of Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - What
is No unnecessary restraint? What is Person arrested to be
informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail? What is
Search of arrested person?
Section 52, 53 and 54 of Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - What
is Power to seize offensive weapons? What is Examination of
accused by medical practitioner at the request of police
officer? What is Examination of arrested person by medical
practitioner at the request of the arrested person?
Section 55, 56 and 57 of Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - What
is Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest
without warrant? What is Person arrested to be taken before
Magistrate or officer in charge of police station? Person
arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours?
Section 58, 59 and 60 of Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - What
is Police to report apprehensions? What is Discharge of person
apprehended? What is Power, on escape, to pursue and retake?
