Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 — Section 53: Power to seize offensive weapons

53. Power to seize offensive weapons. The officer or other person making any arrest under this Code may take from the person arrested any offensive weapons which he has about his person, and shall deliver all weapons so taken to the Court or officer before which or whom the officer or person making the arrest is required by this Code to produce the person arrested.

(2)The registered medical practitioner conducting examination under sub-section (1) shall, without delay, examine such person and prepare a report of his examination giving the following particulars, namely:

(a)name and address of the accused and of the person by whom he was brought;

(b)age of the accused;

(c)marks of injury, if any, on person of the accused;

(d)description of material taken from person of the accused for DNA profiling; and

(e)other material particulars in reasonable detail.

(3)The report under sub-section (2) shall state precisely the reasons for each conclusion arrived at.

(4)The exact time of commencement and completion of the examination under sub-section

(1)shall also be noted in the report under sub-section (2). The registered medical practitioner shall, without delay, forward the report to the investigating officer who shall forward it to the Magistrate through public prosecutor reffered to in section 173 as part of the report referred to in that section.] B.—Arrest without Warrant