BNSS Section 80 — Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction

Summary

If a court needs a warrant to be carried out in an area outside its own local authority, it can send the warrant by post or other means to an Executive Magistrate, District Superintendent of Police, or Commissioner of Police in that area instead of giving it to a local police officer. The official who receives the warrant must sign it and, if possible, have it executed in the usual way. The court that sends the warrant must also include a summary of the information against the person to be arrested, along with any relevant documents, so that the court handling the case under section 83 can decide whether to grant bail.

Official Text

(1) When a warrant is to be executed outside the local jurisdiction of the Court issuing it, such Court may, instead of directing the warrant to a police officer within its jurisdiction, forward it by post or otherwise to any Executive Magistrate or District Superintendent of Police or Commissioner of Police within the local limits of whose jurisdiction it is to be executed; and the Executive Magistrate or District Superintendent or Commissioner shall endorse his name thereon, and if practicable, cause it to be executed in the manner hereinbefore provided.

(2) The Court issuing a warrant under sub-section (1) shall forward, along with thewarrant, the substance of the information against the person to be arrested together with such documents, if any, as may be sufficient to enable the Court acting under section 83 to decide whether bail should or should not be granted to the person.

Sections referred to

• BNSS §83 — Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought

Referred to by

• BNSS §83 — Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought
• BNSS §102 — Direction, etc., of search-warrants

Related Judgments

• ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 707 OF 2025; Jayawanti Janardhan Adh vs State of Maharashtra — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2025)
• MOSIM vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI) — Delhi High Court (2025)
• V.G.K.SENTHILNATHAN vs 1. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE,, TAMIL NADU POLICE HEAD QUARTERS — Madras High Court (Principal Bench, Chennai) (2009)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• CrPC §78 — Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction