Indian Forest Act, 1927
65.
Power to release on a bond a person arrested. –
Any Forest-officer of a rank not inferior to that
of a Ranger, who, or whose subordinate, has arrested any person under the
provisions of section 64, may release such person on his executing a bond to
appear, if and when so required, before the Magistrate having jurisdiction in
the case, or before the officer in charge of the nearest police station.