CrPC 81 — Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

(1) The Executive Magistrate
or District Superintendent of Police or Commissioner of Police shall, if the person arrested appears to be the person
intended by the Court which issued the warrant, direct his removal in custody to such Court:
Provided that, if the offence is bailable, and such person is ready and willing to give bail to the satisfaction of
such Magistrate, District Superintendent or Commissioner, or a direction has been endorsed under section 71 on the
warrant and such person is ready and willing to give the security required by such direction, the Magistrate, District
Superintendent or Commissioner shall take  such bail or security, as the  case  may be, and forward the  bond, to the
Court which issued the warrant:
Provided  further  that  if  the  offence  is  a  non-bailable  one,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Chief  Judicial  Magistrate
(subject  to  the  provisions  of  section  437),  or  the  Sessions  Judge,  of  the  district  in  which  the  arrest  is  made  on consideration  of  the  information  and  the  documents  referred  to  in  sub-section (2) of  section  78,  to  release  such person on bail.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a police officer from taking security under section 71.
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