BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 60 — Discharge of person apprehended.
Replaces CrPC Section 59.
No person who has been arrested by a police officer shall be discharged except on his bond, or bail bond, or under the special order of a Magistrate.
Nearby sections
- 57 Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station.
- 58 Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours.
- 59 Police to report apprehensions.
- 61 Power, on escape, to pursue and retake.
- 62 Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita.
- 63 Form of summons.
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