What are the duties of a police officer while making an arrest under Section 41B and the right of an arrested person under Section 41D of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 ?

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What are the duties of a police officer while making an arrest under Section 41B and the right of an arrested person under Section 41D of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 ?

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Duties of the police officer while making arrest under Section 41B of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 According to section 41B of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, every police officer while making an arrest shall: bear an accurate, visible and clear identification of his name which will facilitate easy identification; prepare a memorandum of arrest which shall be- 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; countersigned by the person arrested; and 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. Right of an arrested person under section 41D of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 According to Section 41D of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, 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.

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