No complainant or witness on his way to any Court shall be required to accompany a police officer, or shall be subjected to unnecessary restraint or inconvenience, or required to give any security for his appearance other than his own bond:
Provided that, if any complainant or witness refuses to attend or to execute
a bond as directed in section 170, the officer in charge of the police station
may forward him in custody to the Magistrate, who may detain him in custody
until he executes such bond, or until the hearing of the case is completed.
Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
172 CrPC Diary of proceedings in investigation
173 CrPC Report of police officer on completion of investigation
174 CrPC Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc
175 CrPC Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc
176 CrPC Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death
177 CrPC Ordinary place of inquiry and trial
178 CrPC Place of inquiry or trial
179 CrPC Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues
180 CrPC Place of trial where act is an offence by reason of relation to other offence