Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter IV: Powers of Superior Officers of Police and Aid to the Magistrates and the Police
Section 32: Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant
In plain words
When a warrant is addressed to someone other than a police officer, anyone may help carry it out, as long as the person named in the warrant is nearby and actually executing it.
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Official text
When a warrant is directed to a person other than a police officer, any other person may aid in the execution of such warrant, if the person to whom the warrant is directed be near at hand and acting in the execution of the warrant.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 12 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 32
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