BNSS Section 57: Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 5: Arrest of Persons

57. 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.

Bare act text for reference, current to 1 July 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.

Other sections in this chapter

35. When police may arrest without warrant
36. Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest
37. Designated police officer
38. Right of arrested person to meet an advocate of his choice during interrogation
39. Arrest on refusal to give name and residence
40. Arrest by private person and procedure on such arrest
41. Arrest by Magistrate
42. Protection of members of Armed Forces from arrest
43. Arrest how made
44. Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested
45. Pursuit of offenders into other jurisdictions
46. No unnecessary restraint
47. Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail
48. Obligation of person making arrest to inform about arrest, etc., to relative or friend
49. Search of arrested person
50. Power to seize offensive weapons
51. Examination of accused by medical practitioner at request of police officer
52. Examination of person accused of rape by medical practitioner
53. Examination of arrested person by medical officer
54. Identification of person arrested
55. Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant
56. Health and safety of arrested person
58. Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
59. Police to report apprehensions
60. Discharge of person apprehended
61. Power, on escape, to pursue and retake
62. Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita