law: Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
  52. Disposal of persons arrested and
  
  articles seized.
  (1) Any officer arresting a person under section 41, section 42,
  
  section 43 or section 44 shall, as soon as may be, inform him of the grounds
  
  for such arrest.
  (2) Every person arrested and article seized under warrant
  
  issued under sub-section (1) of section 41 shall be forwarded without
  
  unnecessary delay to the Magistrate by whom the warrant was issued.
  (3) Every person arrested and article seized under sub-section
  
  (2) of section 41, section 42, section 43 or section 44 shall be forwarded
  
  without unnecessary delay to-
  (a) the officer-in-charge of the nearest
  
  police station, or
  (b) the officer empowered under section 53.
  (4) The authority or officer to whom any person or article is
  
  forwarded under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) shall, with all convenient
  
  dispatch, take such measures as may be necessary for the disposal according to
  
  law of such person or article.