law: Information Technology Act, 2000
  80. Power of police officer and other officers
  
  to enter, search, etc. – 
  (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
  
  Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 any police officer, not below the rank of a
  
  Deputy Superintendent of Police or any other officer of the Central Government
  
  or a State Government authorized by the Central Government in this behalf may
  
  enter any public place and search and the Central Government in this behalf may
  
  enter any public place and search and arrest without warrant any person found
  
  therein who is reasonably suspected of having committed or of committing or of
  
  being about to commit any offence under this Act.
  Explanation:- For the purposes of
  
  this sub-section, the expression "public place" includes any public
  
  conveyance, any hotel, any shop or any other place intended for use by, or
  
  accessible to the public.
  (2) Where any person is arrested under
  
  sub-section (1) by an officer other than a police officer, such officer shall,
  
  without unnecessary delay, take or sent the person arrest before a magistrate
  
  having jurisdiction in the case or before the officer-in-charge of a police
  
  station.
  (3) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall, subject to the provisions of this section, apply, so far as may be, in relation to any entry, search or arrest, made under this section.