Section-74 BNSS – Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 & equivalent Cr.P.C. Section

Section-74 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Warrants to whom directed – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code.

Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section)
74. (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.  
(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.
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.  
(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.

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  • Prashant Kanha

    Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India with 14 years’ experience in civil, criminal, commercial and procedural matters. Partner at Redlaw Legal Services and author of legal analyses and commentary.

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