Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 75
Warrant may be directed to any person
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BNSS Section 75 deals with warrant may be directed to any person and replaces CrPC 73.
Bare act text — BNSS 75
75. Warrant may be directed to any person.
(1) The Chief Judicial Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class may direct a warrant to any person within his local jurisdiction for the arrest of any escaped convict, proclaimed offender or of any person who is accused of a non-bailable offence and is evading arrest.
(2) Such person shall acknowledge in writing the receipt of the warrant, and shall execute it if the person for whose arrest it was issued, is in, or enters on, any land or other property under his charge.
(3) When the person against whom such warrant is issued is arrested, he shall be made over with the warrant to the nearest police officer, who shall cause him to be taken before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, unless security is taken under section 73.
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What was BNSS Section 75 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 75 (Warrant may be directed to any person) replaces Section 73 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 73 is now BNSS 75.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 70 — Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
- BNSS 71 — Service of summons on witness
- BNSS 72 — Form of warrant of arrest and duration
- BNSS 73 — Power to direct security to be taken
- BNSS 74 — Warrants to whom directed
- BNSS 76 — Warrant directed to police officer
- BNSS 77 — Notification of substance of warrant
- BNSS 78 — Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
- BNSS 79 — Where warrant may be executed
- BNSS 80 — Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction