Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
73.Warrant may be directed to any person.-
(1) The Chief Judicial Magistrate or a
Magistrate of the first class may direct a warrant to any person within his
local jurisdiction for the arrest of any escaped convict, proclaimed offender
or of any person who is accused of a non-bailable offence and is evading
arrest.
(2) Such person shall acknowledge in writing the receipt of the warrant, and
shall execute it if the person for whose arrest it was issued, is in, or enters
on, any land or other property under his charge.
(3) When the person against whom such warrant is issued is arrested, he shall
be made over with the warrant to the nearest police officer, who shall cause
him to be taken before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, unless
security is taken under section 71.