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Section 132. Summons or warrant in case of person not so present

BNSS · SECURITY FOR KEEPING THE PEACE AND FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR
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If such person is not present in Court,
the Magistrate shall issue a summons requiring him to appear, or, when such person is in custody, a warrant
directing the officer in whose custody he is to bring him before the Court:
Provisowhenever it appears to such Magistrate, upon the report of a police officer or upon other information (the substance of which report or information shall be recorded by the Magistrate), that there is reason to fear the commission of a breach of the peace, and that such breach of the peace cannot be prevented otherwise than by the immediate arrest of such person, the Magistrate may at any time issue a warrant for his arrest.

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