Section 352(b) in Police Regulations, Bengal , 1943
(b)On receipt of such information the officer-in-charge of the police-station shall personally visit the place where the gang is located, and if such gang is known or suspected to be either criminal or troublesome and oppressive, shall arrange to watch it carefully, particularly at night. For this purpose a sufficient number of constables, dafadars and chaukidars should be told off with clear instructions as to their duties. If the gang is not known or suspected to be either criminal or oppressive, the officer-in-charge of the police-station shall not place it under surveillance nor interfere with it in any way.