BNSS Section 80 — Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction

CHAPTER VI PROCESSES TO COMPEL APPEARANCE — B.—Warrant of arrest

Criminal

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.

Related Judgments

  • SC (2025) Vol.6 p.545 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.5 p.730 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2024) Vol.7 p.979 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
  • .. Petitioner/Accused No.12 vs The State of Tamilnadu, — Madras High Court ()
  • SC (2025) Vol.3 p.1309 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.2 p.1588 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.1 p.1469 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.11 p.291 — Supreme Court of India (2025)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

  • CrPC §78 — Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction