law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  45.Protection of members of the Armed Forces from arrest.-
  (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  sections 41 to 44 (both inclusive), no member of the Armed Forces of the Union
  
  shall be arrested for anything done or purported to be done by him in the
  
  discharge of his official duties except after obtaining the consent of the
  
  Central Government.
  (2) The State Government may, by notification, direct that the provisions of
  
  sub-section (1) shall apply to such class or category of the members of the
  
  Force charged with the maintenance of public order as may be specified therein,
  
  wherever they may be serving, and thereupon the provisions of that sub-section
  
  shall apply as if for the expression "Central Government">occurring
  
  therein, the expression "State Government">were substituted.