CrPC 41B — Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

Every police officer while making an arrest shall—
(a)  bear  an  accurate,  visible  and  clear  identification  of  his  name  which  will facilitate  easy
identification;
(b) prepare a memorandum of arrest which shall be—
(i) attested by at least one witness, who is a member of the family of the person arrested or a
respectable member of the locality where the arrest is made;
(ii) countersigned by the person arrested; and
(c) inform the person arrested, unless the memorandum is attested by a member of his family, that he has a right to have a relative or a friend named by him to be informed of his arrest.

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