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8. Before examining the grievance made by the petitioner, it would be useful to set out the statutory provisions which relate to the requirement of appearance before police officer of any person, for expediency, we extract hereunder the provisions of Sections 41A, 91, 160 and 175 of CrPC :

"41A. Notice of appearance before police officer. - (1) The police officer shall, in all cases where the arrest of a person is not required under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 41, issue a notice directing the person against whom a reasonable complaint has been made, or credible information has been received, or a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed a cognizable offence, to appear before him or at such other place as may be specified in the notice.

15. We have heard Mr. Sanjay Jain, learned ASG and Mr. Satyakam, ASC, GNCTD on the aforesaid issues and the reports. Upon consideration of the report and the suggestions made by the parties under the leadership of the Worthy Registrar General and with their consent, it is directed that so far as working of Section 41A, the following procedure shall be strictly followed by the police in Delhi:

Procedure for issuance of notices/order by police officers under Sections 41A "(i) Police officers should be mandatorily required to issue notices under Section 41A CrPC (in the prescribed format) formally to be served in the manner and in accordance with the terms of the provisions contained in Chapter VI of the Code.

Model form of notice under Section 41A CrPC is reproduced herein below:-

" MODEL SECTION 41A CrPC NOTICE Sr.No.............

Police Station .................

To, [Name of Accused/Noticee] [Last Known Address] [Phone No./Email ID (if any)] Notice under Section 41(A) Cr.P.C. In exercise of the powers conferred under subsection (1) of section 41A of Cr.P.C., I hereby inform you that during the investigation of FIR/Case No. ................... dated .......... u/s ............registered at SV & ACB Police Station ................, it is revealed that there are reasonable grounds to question you to ascertain facts and circumstances from you, in relation to the present investigation. Hence you are directed to appear before me at ....... am/pm on ...... at ..........Police Station.

(v) A suspect / accused on formally receiving a notice under section 41A CrPC and appearing before the concerned officer for investigation / interrogation at the police station, may request the concerned IO for an acknowledgement,

(vi) In the event, the suspect / accused is directed to appear at a place other than the police station (as envisaged under Section 41A(1)CrPC), the suspect will be at liberty to get the acknowledgement receipt attested by an independent witness if available at the spot in addition to getting the same attested by the concerned investigating officer himself.