law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  60.Power, on escape, to pursue and retake.-
  (1) If a person in lawful custody escapes or
  
  is rescued, the person from whose custody he escaped or was rescued may
  
  immediately pursue and arrest him in any place in India .
  (2) The provisions of section 47 shall apply to arrests under sub-section (1)
  
  although the person making any such arrest is not acting under a warrant and is
  
  not a police officer having authority to arrest.