law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  46.Arrest how made.-
  (1) In making an arrest the police officer or
  
  other person making the same shall actually touch or confine the body of the
  
  person to be arrested, unless there be a submission to the custody by word or
  
  action.
  (2) If such person forcibly resists the endeavor to arrest him, or attempts to
  
  evade the arrest, such police officer or other person may use all means
  
  necessary to effect the arrest.
  (3) Nothing in this section gives a right to cause the death of a person who is
  
  not accused of an offence punishable with death or with imprisonment for life.