Under Section 54 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the Court having jurisdiction may…

Under Section 54 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 54A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), where a person is arrested on a charge of committing an offence and his identification by any other person is considered necessary for the purpose of investigation, the Court having jurisdiction may, on the request of the officer in charge of a police station (Station House Officer), direct the person so arrested to subject himself to identification. Under the proviso to Section 54, if the person identifying the arrested person is mentally or physically disabled, the identification process must take place under the supervision of a Magistrate and be recorded by audio-video electronic means.