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8.4. THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER SHALL FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE 87
ment receipt attested by
an independent witness;
if available at the spot
in addition to getting
the same attested by the
concerned investigating
officer himself.
5. A duly indexed
booklet containing serially
numbered notices in
duplicate/ carbon copy
format should be issued
by the SHO of the Police
Station to the Investigating
Officer. The
Notice should necessarily
contain the following
details:
a. Serial Number
b. Case Number
c. Date and time of appearance
d. Consequences in the
event of failure to comply
e. Acknowledgment slip
8.4 The Investigating
Officer
shall follow the
following procedure
a. The original is served
on the accused/suspect;
b. A carbon copy
(on white paper) is retained
by the IO in his/
her case diary, which
may be shown to the
concerned Magistrate as
and when required.
c. Used booklets are
to be deposited by the
IO with the SHO of the
Police Station who shall
retain the same till the
completion of the investigation
and submission
of the final report under
section 176(2) of the
CrPC.
d. The Police department
will frame appropriate
rules for the
preservation and destruction
of such booklets.
e. The above information
should be displayed
at prominent
places in the Police Stations,
to inform the public
of their rights and
recourses available to
them.
f. Failure on the
part of the IO to comply
with the mandate
of the said provisions
of the CrPC and the
above procedure shall
render him liable to appropriate
departmental
action/disciplinary proceedings
under the applicable
rules and regulations
as well as contempt
of Court in terms
of the directions of the
Hon’b1e Supreme Court
in the case of Arnesh
Kumar Vs. State of Bihar
(2014) 8 SCC273
8.5 Procedure
of arrest
(Section.41.B CrPC)
Every Police officer
while making an arrest
shall-
(a) bear an accurate,
visible and clear identification
of his name which
will facilitate easy identification;
(b) prepare a memorandum
of arrest which
shall be-
(i) attested by at least
one witness who is a
member of the family of
the person arrested or
a respectable member of
the locality where the
arrest is made;
(ii) countersigned by the
person arrested; and
(c) Inform the person
arrested unless the
memorandum is attested
by a member of
his family that he has a
right to have a relative
or a friend named by
him to be informed of
his arrest.
8.6 Right of
arrested person
(Section: 41D- CrPC)
When any person is arrested
and interrogated
by the Police, he shall
be entitled to meet an
advocate of his choice
during interrogation,
though not throughout
interrogation.
8.7 Arrest on
refusal to give
name and address
(Section:42 CrPC)
(1) When any person
who in the presence
of a Police officer has
committed or has been
accused of committing
a non-cognizable offence
refuses, on demand of
such officer, to give his
name and residence or
gives a name or residence
which such officer