Section 60 Earlier CrPC 59
Discharge of person apprehended
Chapter 5: Arrest of persons
No person who has been arrested by a police officer shall be discharged except on his bond, or bail bond, or under the special order of a Magistrate.
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
- 56Health and safety of arrested personCrPC 55A
- 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
- 61Power, on escape, to pursue and retakeCrPC 60
- 62Arrest to be made strictly according to SanhitaCrPC 60A