Warrant may be directed to any person
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Summary
A Chief Judicial Magistrate or a First Class Magistrate may send a warrant to any person in their local area to arrest an escaped convict, a proclaimed offender, or someone accused of a non-bailable offence who is evading arrest. The recipient must acknowledge the warrant in writing and must arrest the person if they are on land or property under the recipient's charge. After arrest the person must be handed, with the warrant, to the nearest police officer to be taken before the magistrate unless security is taken under section 73.
Example
Priya runs a guesthouse and a magistrate directs a warrant to her for an escaped convict hiding nearby. Priya signs to acknowledge the warrant and detains the man when he enters her property, then hands him with the warrant to the nearest police officer who takes him to the magistrate.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) The Chief Judicial Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class may direct a warrant to any person within his local jurisdiction for the arrest of any escaped convict, proclaimed offender or of any person who is accused of a non-bailable offence and is evading arrest.
(2) Such person shall acknowledge in writing the receipt of the warrant, and shall execute it if the person for whose arrest it was issued, is in, or enters on, any land or other property under his charge.
(3) When the person against whom such warrant is issued is arrested, he shall be made over with the warrant to the nearest police officer, who shall cause him to be taken before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, unless security is taken under section 73.
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