Section 56 Earlier CrPC 55A
Health and safety of arrested person
Chapter 5: Arrest of persons
It shall be the duty of the person having the custody of an accused to take reasonable care of the health and safety of the accused.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 53Examination of arrested person by medical officerCrPC 54
- 54Identification of person arrestedCrPC 54A
- 55Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrantCrPC 55
- 57Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police stationCrPC 56
- 58Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hoursCrPC 57
- 59Police to report apprehensionsCrPC 58