Entry of arrest in official register, general diary and providing information relating to arrest

An entry shall be made in the official register by the officer making the arrest, stating the ground of arrest, the name and particulars of the informant or complainant, the name and particulars of the relative or friend, as the case may be, to whom information about the arrest has been given, and the name and particulars of the officer having custody of the person arrested.

Every arrest made within the jurisdiction of a police-station shall be entered forthwith in the general diary of such station, and where the officer making the arrest is not attached to the said police-station, he shall, immediately after making such arrest, cause a copy of the memorandum of arrest to be furnished to the officer-in-charge of the said police-station, who shall thereupon cause an entry thereof to be made in the general diary.

The officer responsible for maintaining the register or the general diary under sub-sections

and

shall, on demand, be bound to furnish information relating to such arrest to any relative, friend, or neighbour of the person arrested.