Section 41B: Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest

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Repealed.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 Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024

Every police officer while making an arrest shall--

(a) bear an accurate, visible and clear identification of his name which will facilitate easy identification;

(b) prepare a memorandum of arrest which shall be--

(i) attested by at least one witness, who is a member of the family of the person arrested or a respectable member of the locality where the arrest is made;

(ii) countersigned by the person arrested; and

(c) inform the person arrested, unless the memorandum is attested by a member of his family, that he has a right to have a relative or a friend named by him to be informed of his arrest.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section	41B
Marginal note	Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	Repealed
Judgments citing it	6

Judgments that turned on this provision

CRM (NDPS)/1674/2024 of RABI ROY @ POCHA Vs STATE OF WEST BENGALCalcutta High Court · 2024-10-18
CRM (NDPS)/2102/2023 of KAMENDRA SINGH Vs THE STATE OF WEST BENGALCalcutta High Court · 2024-03-11
CRM (NDPS)/1774/2023 of ABHJIT GHOSH AND ANR Vs STATE OF WEST BENGALCalcutta High Court · 2023-11-01
CRM (NDPS)/1768/2023 of SANJAY MONDAL Vs THE STATE OF WEST BENGALCalcutta High Court · 2023-11-01
CRM (NDPS)/1793/2023 of HAJIJIUL KHAN Vs STATE OF WEST BENGALCalcutta High Court · 2023-11-01
CRM/6875/2021 of MAINUDDIN SK @ MAINU AND ANR Vs C.B.I. AND ANRCalcutta High Court · 2021-11-02

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