Chapter V PROCEDURE.

(1) If in the course of investigation the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad has reason to believe that a cognizable offence has been committed, he may require the attendance before himself or any officer subordinate to him who is investigating a cognizable offence, of any person who resides within the Hyderabad City Police limits or within 30 miles of such limits, who from the information received or otherwise appears to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case, and such person shall attend as so required. The provisions of section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall also apply to the person so attending. (2) In any case the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad may forward in writing to the Superintendent of Police of the district within the limits of which any person From whom any information is required to be obtained relating to the facts and circumstances of the case under investigation, is believed to be, such questions and facts as may be necessary for obtaining the information required, and on receipt thereof, the Superintendent of Police shall examine such person and shall record his statement in the same manner and subject to the same provisions as if such Superintendent of Police were investigating such offence in his district, and shall forward the statement recorded to the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad. (secondly) - the property being a common wearing apparel or otherwise, incapable of identification from the written or printed information, has been in no way concealed after the receipt of such information, be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees in respect of each such articles which may be in his possession or offered to him.

(2) Whoever, after the receipt of such information as aforesaid, alters, melts, defaces or puts away or causes or suffers to be altered, melted, defaced or put away any property without previous permission of the Police, shall, on proof that the same was stolen property within the meaning of section 411 of the Indian Penal Code, or property in respect of which any offence punishable under section 417, 418, 419 or 420 of the Indian Penal Code, was committed, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.

If the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad has reason to believe that any person is confined or detained under such circumstances that such confinement or detention constitutes an offence he may issue a search warrant; and the person to whom the search warrant is directed may search for the person specified in the warrant in accordance with such directions as may be given therein, and the person, if found, shall be immediately brought before the Chief City Magistrate, who shall, having regard to the circumstances of the case, make suitable order.

(1) When an investigation is made under this Act by an officer subordinate to an officer in charge of a section, he shall report either orally or in writing the result of such Investigation to the officer in charge of the section. (2) The substance of such report shall be entered in a book which shall be maintained under the direction of the officer to whom the report is made.

Every Police officer or other person making an arrest may take in his custody any offensive weapons and arms which may be found on the person of the person arrested and deliver the weapons and arms so taken, to the Court or officer before which or whom the person arrested is required to be produced.

If it appears to the officer-in-charge of the section that,- (a) there are no sufficient reasons for believing that the person brought before him has committed an offence, he shall record his reasons and forthwith discharge him; (b) there are sufficient reasons for believing that such person has committed an offence, but there are no sufficient reasons for believing that he has committed a cognizable offence, he shall forthwith produce him before the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad along with a report containing the reasons and shall proceed in accordance with the directions of the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad; (c) there are sufficient reasons for believing that the person brought before him has committed a cognizable offence, he shall, if such person was arrested under section 43 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 re-arrest him and shall either himself investigate; or direct some officer subordinate to him to investigate, the facts and circumstances of the case.

The Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad shall endorse his name on the reverse of any warrant forwarded to him by any Court outside the Hyderabad City Police limits and shall, if practicable, cause it to be executed in the prescribed manner in the Hyderabad City Police limits.

(1) When any Court outside the City Police limits sends a warrant to any Police officer to be executed within the City Police limits, such Police officer shall ordinarily take such warrant for endorsement to a Police officer not below the rank of Inspector within whose section the warrant is to be executed. (2) Such Police officer shall endorse his name on the reverse of the warrant and such endorsement shall be deemed sufficient authority to the Police officer to whom the warrant is directed to execute the same within the said limits, and the local Police shall, if so required, assist such officer in executing such warrant: Provided that whenever there is sufficient reason to believe that the delay caused in obtaining such endorsement will prevent the execution of the warrant, the Police officer to whom it is directed may execute the same without such endorsement.

Any person arrested within the City Police limits under sections 53 and 54 of this Act, shall, unless security is taken from him under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 be produced before a city Magistrate or the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad.

(1) If it appears to such City Magistrate or the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad that the person arrested is the person for whose arrest the Court had issued the warrant, he shall direct his removal in custody to the Court which issued the warrant: Provided that if the offence is bailable and such person is ready and willing to execute a bond to the satisfaction of the City Magistrate or the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad or to give security in pursuance of any direction endorsed on the warrant by the Court which issued the same, the City Magistrate or the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad shall take such bond or security, as the case may be, and shall forward the bond or security to the Court which issued the warrant.

When in the execution of a search warrant issued by a Court outside the City Police limits any articles for which search is made are found within the City Police limits, such articles together with the list of the same shall be produced before a City Magistrate or the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad and such Magistrate or the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad shall, unless there is good reason to the contrary make an order for such articles to be taken to the Court which issued the search warrant.

The Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad may, if he thinks fit, retain in his custody any document or article found or produced before him and in respect of which there is sufficient reason to believe that it relates to a matter under investigation or that an offence has been committed.