Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction.

What this section does

When a warrant directed to a police officer is to be executed outside the issuing Court's local jurisdiction, the officer must ordinarily obtain endorsement from an Executive Magistrate or a police station in-charge within the area of execution. Such endorsement is sufficient authority to execute the warrant, and local police must assist if required. In urgent cases where delay in obtaining endorsement would prevent execution, the officer may execute the warrant without endorsement.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Police officer · Executive Magistrate · Officer in charge of a police station · Local police

Time limit

None specified

Derived from CrPC s.79.