CrPC Section 97 — Search for persons wrongfully confined

CHAPTER VII PROCESSES TO COMPEL THE PRODUCTION OF THINGS

General

Official Text

If any District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class has reason to believe that any person is confined under such circumstances that the confinement amounts to an offence, he may issue a search-warrant, and the person to whom such warrant is directed may search for the person so confined; and such search shall be made in accordance therewith, and the person, if found, shall be immediately taken before a Magistrate, who shall make such order as in the circumstances of the case seems proper.

Referred to by

CrPC §99 — Direction, etc., of search-warrants

Related Judgments

The Hon’ble Justice Bibek Chaudhuri; CRR 600 of 2022; Shrimanta Patra vs State of West Bengal & Anr., For the State, :, Mr. Avishek Sinha, Adv — Calcutta High Court (Kolkata Principal Seat) (2022)
Rohit Suresh Kulthe vs The State of Maharashtra and ors — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2023)
STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE vs M. MURUGESAN & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2020)
SMT. SURINDAR KAUR SANDHU vs HARBAX SINGH SANDHU & ANR — Supreme Court of India (1984)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

BNSS §100 — Search for persons wrongfully confined