Section 61: Power, on escape, to pursue and retake.

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

(1) If a person in lawful custody escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and arrest him in any place in India.

(2) The provisions of section 44 shall apply to arrests under sub-section (1) although the person making any such arrest is not acting under a warrant and is not a police officer having authority to arrest.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section	61
Marginal note	Power, on escape, to pursue and retake.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	2

Judgments that turned on this provision

CRLP/17395/2025 of Puppala Ravi Kiran Vs The State of TelanganaHigh Court for State of Telangana · 2025-12-22
CRM-M/41844/2025 of EJAZ AHMED Vs STATE OF HARYANAHigh Court of Punjab and Haryana · 2025-11-07

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