Section 6: Arrangements to be made to prevent evidence from being concealed or destructed and prevent offender from escaping

1) If any police office or police employee gets information that any offence set forth in Schedule-1 has been committed or is being committed or is likely to be committed, such office or employee shall, as promptly as possible, make necessary and effective arrangements in order to prevent the offender from committing the offence or prevent any evidence related to the offence from being disappeared or destructed and prevent the offender from going away or escaping.

2) If there is a likelihood of the concealment or destruction of any evidence related to the offence or the escaping or going away of the offender where immediate action is not taken pursuant to sub section (1), such police office or employee may take necessary action in that behalf, even by entering the area of another police office, as per necessity.

3) In the event of a need for taking any action by entering the area of another police office pursuant to sub-section (2), such police office or employee shall give information thereof to the concerned police office or body and the higher police office.

4) If the concerned authority comes to know, on his or her own initiative or on information made by anyone, that any offence set forth in Schedule-2 has been committed or is being committed or is likely to be committed, such authority shall take action referred to in sub-section (1) or (2).

Provided that if any police employee receives information about such offence and the concerned investigating authority is not available for the time being, such police employee shall take action referred to in sub-section (1) and send the statements of such action, together with the person, if any arrested, to the investigating authority.

5) Any police employee or investigating authority may ask anybody, authority or person to render assistance in preventing the disappearance or destruction of any evidence related to the offence or in arresting the offender; and it shall be the duty of such body, authority or person to render necessary assistance wherever such assistance is so asked for.

6) If a police employee sees a person committing an offence in his or her presence or at a time when the police employee is there in search of clues upon receipt of a notice, information or 9 clue that such offence has been committed or is being committed or is likely to be committed, the police employee shall immediately arrest the person committing such offence.

7) The police employee shall take possession of exhibits and other proofs, evidence or things related to the offence, if any, found on the spot and execute a deed thereon, as required, in the presence of the eyewitnesses, if any, present on the spot.

8) Such thing, place or spot shall be protected as it is until the completion of the execution of such deed pursuant to sub-section (7).

9) Where it is not possible to immediately seize or take possession of the exhibits and other evidence or things related to the offence obtained pursuant to sub-section (7), the concerned police employee may make a request to the Local Level or any other office to safely retain such exhibits or things, and the concerned Level or office shall, when so requested, take custody of such exhibits or evidence and give a receipt thereof.

Provided that the goods not related to the offence shall be immediately returned to the concerned person.