Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Section 72

CrPC 72 in BNSS: Section 74

Section 72 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponds to Section 74 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. CrPC 72 deals with warrants to whom directed. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the CrPC. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Code of Criminal Procedure

CrPC 72 is now BNSS 74.

Warrants to whom directed

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. VI
s. 72
Warrants to whom directed
(1) A warrant of arrest shall ordinarily be directed to one or more police officers; but the Court issuing such a warrant may, if its immediate execution is necessary and no police officer is immediately available, direct it to any other person or persons, and such person or persons shall execute the same.
(2) When a warrant is directed to more officers or persons than one, it may be executed by all, or by any one or more of them.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 74
Warrants to whom directed.
(1) A warrant of arrest shall ordinarily be directed to one or more police officers; but the Court issuing such a warrant may, if its immediate execution is necessary and no police officer is immediately available, direct it to any other person or persons, and such person or persons shall execute the same.
(2) When a warrant is directed to more officers or persons than one, it may be executed by all, or by any one or more of them.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsBNSS 74 · Warrants to whom directed.
CrPC 71 · Power to direct security to be takenCrPC 73 · Warrant may be directed to any person

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