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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Section 151

Arrest to prevent such offences: A police-officer knowing of a design to commit any cognizable offence may arrest,

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Section 151 is part of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 - Arrest to prevent such offences: A police-officer knowing of a design to commit any cognizable offence may arrest,. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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3). 1960 Cr LJ 907 : AIR 1960 Ker 227. Procedure and practice.-For procedure and practice when arrest has been made under Section 151, fee Section 167, infra. 1969 Cr LJ 1212 : AIR 1960 Ker 297. Conditions.-It is essentially a matter of satisfaction of the police-officer himself to see that the two conditions as mentioned in Section 151 are really present in a given case so as to justify action being taken under the section. 1960 Ker LJ 463: 1960 Cr LJ 1212: AIR 1960 Ker 297. Where an arrest is made by police without a warrant from a Magistrate under Section 151, it does not mean that the provisions of Section 167 do not apply. 1963 ALJ 744: 1963 AWR 439. Land Grab Movement.-Whether arrest and remand is legal as there was no production before Magistrate- There is nothing in law which requires personal presence of an accused before the Magistrate because that is only a rule of caution for Magistrate before granting remand at the instance of the police. The legality of the petitioner's detention cannot be considered to be illegal because he was kept in detention unders proper orders of remand as an under-trial prisoner-Pranb Chatterjee v. State of Bihar, 1970 (3) SCC 926.

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