Section 171: Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subjected to restraint

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973Central Act · 1973

Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024

No complainant or witness on his way to any Court shall be required to accompany a police officer, or shall be subjected to unnecessary restraint or inconvenience, or required to give any security for his appearance other than his own bond:

Provided that, if any complainant or witness refuses to attend or to execute a bond as directed in section 170, the officer in charge of the police station may forward him in custody to the Magistrate, who may detain him in custody until he executes such bond, or until the hearing of the case is completed.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section	171
Marginal note	Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subjected to restraint
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	Repealed
Judgments citing it	2

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