law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  73.Warrant may be directed to any person.-
  (1) The Chief Judicial Magistrate or a
  
  Magistrate of the first class may direct a warrant to any person within his
  
  local jurisdiction for the arrest of any escaped convict, proclaimed offender
  
  or of any person who is accused of a non-bailable offence and is evading
  
  arrest.
  (2) Such person shall acknowledge in writing the receipt of the warrant, and
  
  shall execute it if the person for whose arrest it was issued, is in, or enters
  
  on, any land or other property under his charge.
  (3) When the person against whom such warrant is issued is arrested, he shall
  
  be made over with the warrant to the nearest police officer, who shall cause
  
  him to be taken before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, unless
  
  security is taken under section 71.