BBanaka

BNSS: Chapter 5: Arrest of Persons

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  1. Section 35. When police may arrest without warrant
  2. Section 36. Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest
  3. Section 37. Designated police officer
  4. Section 38. Right of arrested person to meet an advocate of his choice during interrogation
  5. Section 39. Arrest on refusal to give name and residence
  6. Section 40. Arrest by private person and procedure on such arrest
  7. Section 41. Arrest by Magistrate
  8. Section 42. Protection of members of Armed Forces from arrest
  9. Section 43. Arrest how made
  10. Section 44. Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested
  11. Section 45. Pursuit of offenders into other jurisdictions
  12. Section 46. No unnecessary restraint
  13. Section 47. Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail
  14. Section 48. Obligation of person making arrest to inform about arrest, etc., to relative or friend
  15. Section 49. Search of arrested person
  16. Section 50. Power to seize offensive weapons
  17. Section 51. Examination of accused by medical practitioner at request of police officer
  18. Section 52. Examination of person accused of rape by medical practitioner
  19. Section 53. Examination of arrested person by medical officer
  20. Section 54. Identification of person arrested
  21. Section 55. Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant
  22. Section 56. Health and safety of arrested person
  23. Section 57. Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station
  24. Section 58. Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
  25. Section 59. Police to report apprehensions
  26. Section 60. Discharge of person apprehended
  27. Section 61. Power, on escape, to pursue and retake
  28. Section 62. Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita

Official reference: Ministry of Home Affairs: Gazette text, 25 December 2023 — source link checked: 2 October 2026.Recorded edition / snapshot date: 2024-07-01.Mobile-app reference import; the recorded snapshot date is not a fresh legal-currency guarantee. The linked government text is an independent authoritative reference, not certification that this website reproduces the same edition. The source link was checked, not every provision or subsequent amendment. Check commencement notifications, savings and jurisdiction-specific variations separately.