Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 61

BNSS 61: earlier CrPC 60

Section 61 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 60 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 61 deals with power, on escape, to pursue and retake. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 61 was CrPC 60.

Power, on escape, to pursue and retake.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. V
s. 60
Power, on escape, to pursue and retake
(1) If a person in lawful custody escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and arrest him in any place in India.
(2) The provisions of section 47 shall apply to arrests under sub-section (1) although the person making any such arrest is not acting under a warrant and is not a police officer having authority to arrest.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. V
s. 61
Power, on escape, to pursue and retake.
(1) If a person in lawful custody escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and arrest him in any place in India.
(2) The provisions of section 44 shall apply to arrests under sub-section (1) although the person making any such arrest is not acting under a warrant and is not a police officer having authority to arrest.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 60 · Power, on escape, to pursue and retake
BNSS 60 · Discharge of person apprehended.BNSS 62 · Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita.

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