CrPC Section 72: Warrants to whom directed
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 6: Processes - Compel Appearance
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ 72. Warrants to whom directed.- (1) A warrant of arrest shall ordinarily be directed to one or more police officers; but the Court issuing such a warrant may, if its immediate execution is necessary and no police officer is immediately available, direct it to any other person or persons, and such person or persons shall execute the same.
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(2) When a warrant is directed to more officers or persons than one, it may be executed by all, or by any one or more of them.
Study: explanations and related material
Now BNSS 74 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p4
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Other sections in this chapter
- 61. Form of summons
- 62. Summons how served
- 63. Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies
- 64. Service when persons summoned cannot be found
- 65. Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
- 66. Service on Government servant
- 67. Service of summons outside local limits
- 68. Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
- 69. Service of summons on witness by post
- 70. Form of warrant of arrest and duration
- 71. Power to direct security to be taken
- 73. Warrant may be directed to any person
- 74. Warrant directed to police officer
- 75. Notification of substance of warrant
- 76. Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
- 77. Where warrant may be executed
- 78. Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction
- 79. Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction
- 80. Procedure of arrest of person against whom warrant issued
- 81. Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought
- 82. Proclamation for person absconding
- 83. Attachment of property of person absconding
- 84. Claims and objections to attachment
- 85. Release, sale and restoration of attached property
- 86. Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property
- 87. Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons
- 88. Power to take bond for appearance
- 89. Arrest on breach of bond for appearance
- 90. Provisions of this Chapter generally applicable to summons and warrants of arrest