CrPC § 73 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 73 CrPC — Warrant may be directed to any person
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 75 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 75 — Warrant may be directed to any person
(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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 75 in full