CrPC · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Section 79 CrPC

Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction

Procedure & effect

When a warrant directed to a police officer is to be executed beyond the local jurisdiction of the Court issuing the same, he shall ordinarily take it for endorsement either to an Executive Magistrate or to a police officer not below the rank of an officer in charge of a police station, within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the warrant is to be executed.
Such Magistrate or police officer shall endorse his name thereon and such endorsement shall be sufficient authority to the police officer to whom the warrant is directed to execute the same, and the local police shall, if so required, assist such officer in executing such warrant.
Whenever there is reason to believe that the delay occasioned by obtaining the endorsement of the Magistrate or police officer within whose local jurisdiction the warrant is to be executed will prevent such execution, the police officer to whom it is directed may execute the same without such endorsement in any place beyond the local jurisdiction of the Court which issued it.

FAQ — Section 79 CrPC

Section 79 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) deals with “Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction”. This page explains the offence (if any), punishment, and links to Vaksera petition formats.

When a warrant directed to a police officer is to be executed beyond the local jurisdiction of the Court issuing the same, he shall ordinarily take it for endorsement either to an Executive Magistrate or to a police officer not below the rank of an officer in charge of a police station, within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the warrant is to be executed. Such Magistrate or police officer shall endorse his name thereon and such endorsement shall be sufficient authority to the police off

No. Vaksera provides a drafting reference and petition formats only. Always verify the current bare act and local court practice.

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