BNSS § 74 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 74 BNSS — Warrants to whom directed
Replaces CrPC 72 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.
The text
(1) A warrant of arrest shall ordinarily be directed to one or more police officers; but the Court issuing such a warrant may, if its immediate execution is necessary and no police officer is immediately available, direct it to any other person or persons, and such person or persons shall execute the same.
(2) When a warrant is directed to more officers or persons than one, it may be executed by all, or by any one or more of them.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text.