BNSS Section 61: Power, on escape, to pursue and retake
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 5: Arrest of Persons
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61.
(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 44 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.
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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
- 57. Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station
- 58. Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
- 59. Police to report apprehensions
- 60. Discharge of person apprehended
- 62. Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita