law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  475.Delivery to commanding officers of persons liable to
  
  be tried by Court-martial.-
  (1) The Central Government may make rules consistent with this
  
  Code and the Army Act, 1950, (46 of 1950)the Navy Act, 1957, (62 of 1957) and
  
  the Air Force Act, 1950, (45 of 1950) and any other law, relating to the Armed
  
  Forces of the Union, for the time being in force, as to cases in which persons
  
  subject to military, naval or air force law, or such other law, shall be tried
  
  by a Court to which this Code applies or by a Court-martial; and when any
  
  person is brought before a Magistrate and charged with an offence for which he
  
  is liable to be tried either by a Court to which this Code applies or by a
  
  Court-martial, such Magistrate shall have regard to such rules, and shall in
  
  proper cases deliver him, together with a statement of the offence of which he
  
  is accused, to the commanding officer of the unit to which he belongs, or to
  
  the commanding officer of the nearest military, naval or air force station, as
  
  the case may be, for the purpose of being tried by a Court-martial.
  Explanation.-In this section-
  (a) "unit">includes a regiment,
  
  corps, ship, detachment, group, battalion or company,
  (b) "Court-martial">includes any
  
  tribunal with the powers similar to those of a Court-martial constituted under
  
  the relevant law applicable to the Armed Forces of the Union.
  (2) Every Magistrate shall, on receiving a written application
  
  for that purpose by the commanding officer of any unit or body of soldiers,
  
  sailors or airmen stationed or employed at any such place, use his utmost
  
  endeavors to apprehend and secure any person accused of such offence.
  (3) A High Court may, if it thinks fit, direct that a prisoner
  
  detained in any jail situate within the State be brought before a Court-martial
  
  for trial or to be examined touching any matter pending before the
  
  Court-martial.