Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Section - 151 - Arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offences

Arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offences.

151. (1) A police officer knowing of a design to commit any cognizable offence may arrest, without orders from a Magistrate and without a warrant, the person so designing, if it appears to such officer that the commission of the offence cannot be otherwise prevented.

(2) No person arrested under sub-section (1) shall be detained in custody for a period exceeding twenty-four hours from the time of his arrest unless his further detention is required or authorised under any other provisions of this Code or of any other law for the time being in force.

STATE AMENDMENTS

MAHARASHTRA

■ Sub-section (2)

After the words "required or authorised", insert "under sub-section (3) or".

■ Sub-section (3)

After sub-section (2), insert following sub-section :

"(3)(a) Where a person is arrested under this section and the officer making the arrest, or the officer-in-charge of the police station before whom the arrested person is produced, has reasonable grounds to believe that the detention of the arrested person for a period longer than twenty-four hours from the time of arrest (excluding the time required to take the arrested person from the place of arrest to the court of a Judicial Magistrate) is necessary, by reasons that-

(i)

the person is likely to continue the design to commit, or is likely to commit the cognizable offence referred to in sub-section (1) after his .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store