law: Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
  55.Arrest and detention.-
  (1) A judgment-debtor may be arrested in execution of a decree
  
  at any hour and on any day, and shall, as soon as practicable, be brought before
  
  the Court, and his detention may be in the civil prison of the district in
  
  which the Court ordering the detention is situate, or where such civil prison
  
  does not afford suitable accommodation, in any other place which the State
  
  Government may appoint for the detention of persons ordered by the Courts of
  
  such district to be detained.
  Provided , firstly, that, for the purpose of making an
  
  arrest under this section, no dwelling no dwelling-house shall be entered after
  
  sunset and before sunrise:
  Provided , secondly, that no outer door of a
  
  dwelling-house shall be broken open unless such dwelling-house is in the
  
  occupancy of the judgment-debtor and he refuses or in any way prevents access
  
  thereto, but when the officer authorized to make the arrest has duly gained
  
  access to any dwelling-house, he may break open the door of any room is which
  
  he has reason to believe the judgment-debtor is to be found:
  Provided , thirdly, that, if the room is in the actual
  
  occupancy of a woman who is not the judgment-debtor and who according to the
  
  customs of the country does not appear in public, the officer authorized to
  
  make the arrest shall give notice to her that she is at liberty to withdraw,
  
  and, after allowing a reasonable time for her to withdraw, and, after allowing
  
  a reasonable time for her to withdraw and giving her reasonable facility for
  
  withdrawing, any enter the room for the purpose of making the arrest:
  Provided , fourthly, that, where the decree in execution
  
  of which a judgment-debtor is arrested, is a decree for the payment of money
  
  and the judgment-debtor pays the amount of the decree and the costs of the
  
  arrest to the officer arresting him such officer shall at once release him.
  (2) The State Government may, by notification in the Official
  
  Gazette, declare that any person or class of persons whose arrest might be
  
  attended with danger or inconvenience to the public shall not be liable to
  
  arrest in execution of a decree otherwise than in accordance with such
  
  procedure as may be prescribed by the State Government in this behalf.
  (3) Where a judgment-debtor is arrested in execution of a decree
  
  for the payment of money and brought before the Court, the Court shall inform
  
  him that he may apply to be declared an insolvent, and that he {Subs. by Act 3
  
  of 1921, s.2, for "will be discharged".} [may be discharged] if he
  
  has not committed any act of bad faith regarding the subject of the application
  
  and if he complies with the provisions of the law of insolvency for the time
  
  being in force.
  (4) Where a judgment-debtor expresses his intention to apply to
  
  be declared an insolvent and furnishes security, to the satisfaction of the
  
  Court, that he will within one month so apply, and that he will appear, when
  
  called upon, in any proceeding upon the application or upon the decree in
  
  execution of which he was arrested, the Court { Subs. by s.2, ibid., for
  
  "shall release".} [may release] him from arrest, and, if he fails so
  
  to apply and to appear, the Court may either direct the security to be realized
  
  or commit him to the civil prison in execution of the decree.