BNSS 47 — Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1)  Every  police
officer  or  other  person  arresting  any  person  without  warrant  shall forthwith  communicate  to  him  full
particulars of the offence for which he is arrested or other grounds for such arrest.
(2) Where  a police  officer arrests  without warrant any person other than  a person accused of a non-
bailable offence, he shall inform the person arrested that he is entitled to be released on bail and that he
may arrange for sureties on his behalf.
48.  Obligation  of  person  making  arrest  to  inform  about  arrest,  etc.,  to  relative  or  friend.—(1)
Every  police  officer  or  other  person  making  any  arrest  under  this  Sanhita  shall forthwith  give  the
information regarding such arrest and place where the arrested person is being held to any of his relatives,
friends or such other persons as may be disclosed or nominated by the arrested person for the purpose of
giving such information and also to the designated police officer in the district.

(2) The police officer shall inform the arrested person of his rights under sub-section (1) as soon as he
is brought to the police station.
(3) An entry of the fact as to who has been informed of the arrest of such person shall be made in a
book to be kept in the police station in such form as the State Government may, by rules, provide.
(4)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Magistrate  before  whom  such arrested  person  is  produced, to  satisfy
himself that the requirements of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) have been complied with in respect of
such arrested person.

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