When search-warrant may be issued.

What this section does

A court may issue a search warrant where it has reason to believe that a person will not produce a required document or thing, or where the document or thing is not known to be in any person's possession, or where a general search or inspection would serve the purposes of inquiry, trial, or other proceeding. The court may limit the warrant to a specific place or part thereof. No Magistrate other than a District Magistrate or Chief Judicial Magistrate may grant a warrant to search for items in the custody of the postal authority.

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

Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Court · District Magistrate · Chief Judicial Magistrate · Person executing warrant

Time limit

None specified

Derived from CrPC s.93.