Section 47: Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail.

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023Central Act · Act 46 of 2023

(1) Every police officer or other person arresting any person without warrant shall forthwith communicate to him full particulars of the offence for which he is arrested or other grounds for such arrest.

(2) Where a police officer arrests without warrant any person other than a person accused of a nonbailable offence, he shall inform the person arrested that he is entitled to be released on bail and that he may arrange for sureties on his behalf.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section	47
Marginal note	Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	23

Judgments that turned on this provision

BA1/67/2026 of SHIVAM Vs STATE OF UTTARAKHANDHigh Court of Uttarakhand · 2026-01-14
BA/123/2025 of Smt. Sampa Biswas on behalf of accused Sri Goutam Biswas Vs The State of TripuraHigh Court of Tripura · 2025-12-17
Bail Appln./3857/2025 of SRI MEHER BRAHMA Vs THE STATE OF ASSAMGauhati High Court · 2025-12-15
/1627/2025 of MOHD. HAROON Vs STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. /PRIN. SECY. HOME AND 2 OTHERSAllahabad High Court · 2025-12-15
BLAPL/11845/2025 of SHAIKH AZIZ Vs STATE OF ODISHAHigh Court of Orissa · 2025-12-11
Bail Appln./3999/2025 of TAMCHAR ALI Vs THE STATE OF ASSAMGauhati High Court · 2025-12-10
Bail Appln./3843/2025 of AKRAM ALI Vs THE STATE OF ASSAMGauhati High Court · 2025-11-27
Bail Appln./2437/2025 of SATISH BARMAN Vs THE UNION OF INDIAGauhati High Court · 2025-11-24
BA/141/2025 of Aman Pansa Vs The State of APGauhati High Court · 2025-11-23
Bail Appln./2957/2025 of ARMAN HOSSAIN AND ANR Vs THE UNION OF INDIAGauhati High Court · 2025-11-20
Bail Appln./3181/2025 of ASMAT ALI Vs THE STATE OF ASSAMGauhati High Court · 2025-11-19
Bail Appln./3213/2025 of ATIKUR RAHMAN ALIAS ATIQUR RAHMAN ALIAS ATIKUR RAHAMAN Vs THE UNION OF INDIAGauhati High Court · 2025-11-18
W.P.(Crl.)/18/2025 of SMTI. AMENA KHATUM Vs STATE OF NAGALAND AND 3 ORSGauhati High Court · 2025-11-17
Bail Appln./3371/2025 of MONSER ALI Vs THE STATE OF ASSAMGauhati High Court · 2025-11-12
Bail Appln./2703/2025 of MD RIYAJ KHAN Vs UNION OF INDIAGauhati High Court · 2025-11-11
MIHIR RAJESH SHAH vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRASupreme Court of India · 2025-11-06

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