Bare ActsCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC)

Section 50

Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail

The CrPC 1973 was replaced by the BNSS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 50 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 531, BNSS 2023).

(1) Every police officer or other person arresting any person without warrant shall forthwith communicate to him full particulars of the offence for which he is arrested or other grounds for such arrest. (2) Where a police officer arrests without warrant any person other than a person accused of a non-bailable offence, he shall inform the person arrested that he is entitled to be released on bail and that he may arrange for sureties on his behalf.

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