CrPC Section 87: Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 6: Processes
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
87. Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons.- A Court may, in any case in which it is empowered by this Code to issue a summons for the appearance of any person, issue, after recording its reasons in writing, a warrant for his arrest
(a) if, either before the issue of such summons, or after the issue of the same but before the time fixed for his appearance, the Court sees reason to believe that he has absconded or will not obey the summons; or
(b) if at such time he fails to appear and the summons is proved to have been duly served in time to admit of his appearing in accordance therewith and no reasonable excuse is offered for such failure.
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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
- 72. Warrants to whom directed
- 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
- 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