Arrest – General Principles (Ss. 46–50)
Chapter V of the CrPC (Sections 46–67) governs arrest, escape, and retaking.
- Section 46(1): In making an arrest, the police officer or other person shall actually touch or confine the body of the person to be arrested, unless there is submission to custody by word or action.
- Parda Nasheen women: If a Parda Nasheen woman is in an alleged apartment, Notice shall be given to her to withdraw from the place before it is broken into.
- Section 50: The person arrested shall not be subjected to more restraint than is necessary to prevent his escape.