Under Section 50 CrPC, the police officer making arrest must:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. Section 50(1) CrPC: '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. Section 50(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 bail and may arrange for sureties.
3. Section 50A (inserted 2005): the officer shall inform a friend/relative of the arrest.
4. These mirror the Article 22(1) constitutional safeguard (right to be informed of grounds of arrest).
5. D. K. Basu v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1997 SC 610 issued additional guidelines (arrest memo, medical exam, etc.).
6. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Indian Penal Code 1860 / Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 / Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Bare Acts, indiacode.nic.in) — CrPC, Section 50; Article 22(1) Constitution_
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