Section-171 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

 

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

(ACT NO. V OF 1898)

PART V

INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THEIR POWERS TO INVESTIGATE

CHAPTER XIV

Complainants and witnesses not to be required to accompany Police-Officer

171. (1) No complainant or witness on his way to the Court of the Magistrate shall be required to accompany a police-officer,

Complainants and witnesses not to be subjected to restraint

or shall be subjected to unnecessary restraint or incon-venience, or required to give any security for his appearance other than his own bond:

Recusant complainant or witness may be forwarded in custody

Provided that, if any complainant or witness refuses to attend or to execute a bond as directed in section 170, the officer in charge of the police-station may forward him in custody to the Magistrate, who may detain him in custody until he executes such bond, or until the hearing of the case is completed.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), it shall be the responsibility of the police-officer to ensure that the complainant or the witness appears before the Court at the time of hearing of the case.