CrPC § 97 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 97 CrPC — Search for persons wrongfully confined
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 100 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 100 — Search for persons wrongfully confined
If any District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class has reason to believe that any person is confined under such circumstances that the confinement amounts to an offence, he may issue a search-warrant, and the person to whom such warrant is directed may search for the person so confined; and such search shall be made in accordance therewith, and the person, if found, shall be immediately taken before a Magistrate, who shall make such order as in the circumstances of the case seems proper.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 100 in full