section 46
Arrest how made
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1989Criminal1989605 of 612 sections available
Chapter V OF ARREST, ESCAPE AND RETAKING
Statutory text
Arrest how made.-(1) In making an arrest the police-officer or other person making the same shall actually touch or confine the body of the person to be arrested, unless there be a submission to the custody by word or action.
- (2) Resisting endeavor to arrest.-If such person forcibly resists the endeavor to arrest him, or attempts to evade the arrest, such police-officer or other person may use all means necessary to effect the arrest.
- (3) Nothing in this section gives a right to cause the death of a person who is not accused of an offence punishable with death or with life imprisonment.
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