Section 74: Warrants to whom directed.

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

(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.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section	74
Marginal note	Warrants to whom directed.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	4

Judgments that turned on this provision

CRMP/3739/2025 of SANJAY KAUSHIK Vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARHHigh Court of Chhattisgarh · 2025-12-09
MCRC/8536/2025 of SURAJ CHOUHAN @ DADU Vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARHHigh Court of Chhattisgarh · 2025-11-18

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