However, the constable must have reasonable grounds that any of the following reasons make it necessary to arrest the person in question: to enable the real name or address of the person in question to be ascertained, to allow the prompt and effective investigation of the offence or conduct of the person in question, or to prevent the person in question: Section 24A has similar provisions for citizens' arrests but the reasons permitted for arrest by anyone other than a constable are limited to preventing the person in question from causing injury to the arrestor, themselves or to others; preventing property damage; or preventing the person in question from making off before a constable can assume responsibility for him.
by action or words restraining him from moving anywhere beyond the arrester's control), and it continues until the person so restrained is either released from custody or, having been brought before a magistrate, is remanded in custody by the magistrate's judicial act.
"[2] Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita of 2023 empowers police to arrest an individual without warrant or orders from a magistrate under certain circumstances including:[3] Section 35 specifically bars arrests of persons who are infirm or over the age of 65 without a warrant.
In the Philippines, as provided in Rule 113, Section 5 of the 2000 Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure,[4] a peace officer or a private person may, without a warrant, arrest a person: Also as provided within the Revised Rules are other instances of lawful arrests without warrant: In the United States, an arrest without a warrant still requires probable cause – in the case of an arrest without a warrant, probable cause must be promptly filed.
[5] An arrest without warrant is generally allowed when: This law-related article is a stub.