Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 170
Arrest to prevent commission of cognizable offences
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BNSS Section 170 deals with arrest to prevent commission of cognizable offences and replaces CrPC 151.
Bare act text — BNSS 170
170. Arrest to prevent commission of cognizable offences.
(1) A police officer knowing of a design to commit any cognizable offence may arrest, without orders from a Magistrate and without a warrant, the person so designing, if it appears to such officer that the commission of the offence cannot be otherwise prevented.
(2) No person arrested under sub-section (1) shall be detained in custody for a period exceeding twenty-four hours from the time of his arrest unless his further detention is required or authorised under any other provisions of this Sanhita or of any other law for the time being in force.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 170 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 170 (Arrest to prevent commission of cognizable offences) replaces Section 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 151 is now BNSS 170.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 165 — Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver
- BNSS 166 — Dispute concerning right of use of land or water
- BNSS 167 — Local inquiry
- BNSS 168 — Police to prevent cognizable offences
- BNSS 169 — Information of design to commit cognizable offences
- BNSS 171 — Prevention of injury to public property
- BNSS 172 — Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police
- BNSS 173 — Information in cognizable cases
- BNSS 174 — Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases
- BNSS 175 — Police officer’s power to investigate cognizable case