CrPC § 72 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 72 CrPC — Warrant to whom directed
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 74 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 74 — Warrants to whom directed
(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. BNSS 74 in full