A police officer, X, while investigating on a matter of house trespass, locates a person who looks…

Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) permits arrest without a warrant for a cognizable offence where the statutory conditions are met, including a reasoned belief that the person committed it. For an offence punishable up to seven years, the officer must also establish a listed necessity for arrest and record the reasons. Resemblance to the recorded person may support identification, but does not make arrest automatic or require conclusive trial-level proof first.