CrPC 60 — Power, on escape, to pursue and retake

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

(1) If  a  person  in  lawful  custody  escapes  or  is
rescued,  the  person  from  whose  custody  he  escaped  or  was  rescued  may  immediately  pursue  and  arrest him in any place in India.
(2) The  provisions  of  section  47  shall  apply  to  arrests  under  sub-section  (1)  although  the  person making any such arrest is not acting under a warrant and is not a police officer having authority to arrest.

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