678. The orders in this chapter are for general information and guidance in normal conditions. When temporary or local necessity demands some departure from them, the officer or officers concerned must exercise their own judgement to cope with the situation and if it be necessary to provide a stronger guard for some special occasion, it should be provided.
679. (i) The minimum strength of the guard will be one head constable and four constables.
(ii) Sub-Jail and Sub-Treasury guard duty is generally performed by the civil Police and District Treasury guard duty by Armed Reserve.
(iii) Constables deputed for guard duty will be under a head constable, known as the guard commander. In the absence of the head constable, the senior most constable will be in charge of the guard.
680. (1) For all standing guards, printed orders in English and Kannada should be hung up in the guard room. These orders will contain instructions on the following points :-
(i) The strength of the guard.
(ii) The number of rifles/muskets and the quantity of ammunition.
(iii) The number of men to be present during day and during night.
(iv) (a) The number of sentries required to be posted during the day and
during night, specifying their exact position, the extent of their beats
and their duties and responsibilities.
(b) The exact position and the duty and responsibility of each member of
the guard, on the guard turning out during night.
(v) The arms to be carried by sentries by day and by night.
(vi) The period of sentry-go.
(vi) The posting and relief of sentries.
(viii) The maintenance of a sentry relief book.
(ix) The premises and articles for which the sentry is responsible.
(x) The duties of the officer-in-charge.
(xi) Instructions to report immediately to the station-house-officer of any
important occurrence.
(xii) The inspection of the guard by the station-house-officer or an officer of
equal rank and Inspector.
(xiii) A warning that neglect of guard duty will be severely punished.
(2) Men are deputed on this duty for one week at a stretch every Sunday at 6 p.m. The hours of sentry duty for each member of the guard will be fixed in advance for a day of 24 hours from 6 p.m. to 6 p.m.
681. (i) Day duty runs from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and night duty from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
(ii) The period of sentry-go is ordinarily three hours for all guards, except the treasury Guard and any other guard if specially ordered when it will be two hours.
(iii) During the day, sentries may leave the guard, as soon as relieved, for a period equal to the duration of their sentry-go. On return, they must remain in waiting and may be employed on any light duty not involving absence from the premises. The guard commander should on no account, quit his guard when on duty except to obey a call of nature and before quitting the guard he should place the next senior officer-in-charge by an entry in the sentry relief book. He should also prevent any constable from quitting the guard without leave, which will be granted sparingly only for special purposes and for the shortest possible period. An entry regarding the grant of leave should be made in the Sentry Relief Book.
(iv) After the sentry relief at 6 p.m. the guard commander and the men on duty between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. may be absent until 9 p.m. provided that during their absence there are, besides the sentry who goes on duty at 6 p.m., the third day sentry who returns after availing himself of off duty from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and an officer-in-charge of the guard. The whole guard must be present in the guard room at 9 p.m. who may be allowed an hour off from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. for his meal.
(v) The guard commander is responsible for the regularity and good conduct of the guard, for the correct performance of their duties and for seeing that the men are at all times properly dressed and sober. He is also required to acquaint himself thoroughly with the orders of the guard.
(vi) The guard commander will see that all standing orders regarding duties of the guard are duly observed and will satisfy himself, as soon as the guard is mounted, that all such orders are known to the men and understood by them.
(vii) The guard commander should see that the Constables on guard duty have not in their possession any opium, liquor, ganja or other stupefying or intoxicating substance. Should any such substance be found with any of them, the guard commander should confiscate it and report the matter to his superior officer without delay.
(viii) Sentries should be posted by guard commander. At each relief, the guard commander should go round the premises with the sentry on duty and the relieving sentry and examine them thoroughly, noting whether seals are correct and prisoners are present. A note of anything wrong should be made at once in the Sentry Relief Book and action taken.
(ix) The guard commander will be off duty from 6 p.m. on the night of Monday, Thursday and Saturday until 6 a.m. next day, and from 12 noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Another head constable or a constable will be appointed to relieve him.
682. Each man forming part of the guard will carry in his pouch one packet containing 10 rounds ball ammunition except the sentry on duty who should carry 10 rounds buckshot cartridges loose in the pouch, which he will tear open in the front to facilitate quick loading. These 10 loose buckshot cartridges will be handed over to the relieving sentry, who will exchange for them his closed packet of 10 rounds ball ammunition. When the guard is relieved, all the ammunition will be handed over to the relieving guard. The guard commander will be responsible for the ammunition being correct.
683. The firearms of the guard should not be loaded but should always have the bayonets fixed, and should be kept in the guard room when not in use. The sentry should carry the firearm bayonet fixed but not loaded.
684. The men of the guard should be told off for duty for the next twenty-four hours by the guard commander at 6 p.m. when the duty roster in From No.44 is filled up.
685. In the event of the guard commander or any constable on guard duty being absent or becoming incapacitated by sickness from remaining at his post, the fact should be immediately reported to the Sub-Inspector or such senior officer as may be near at hand or the Reserve Inspector in the case of Armed Reserve Guards, who will forthwith take measures to send a substitute in the place of the absentee or to relieve the incapacitated officer or constable. When a constable is sick or absent at the time of his turn of sentry duty, another constable should be posted in his place, a note being made on the reverse of the duty roster.
686. The guard will always be in uniform and should sleep in uniform near their arms at night and be ready to turn out at a moment's notice. They must turn out at night, for inspection of any Police Officer going on rounds.
687. (a) A sentry when moving off on his beat will come to attention, take a pace forward, slope arms, turn to his right or left, and move off in quick time.
(b) On arrival at the end of his beat, a sentry will halt and turn about by making two distinct turns outwards (i.e., towards his front) to the right or left, as the case may be, and will move off again in quick time.
(c) A sentry will not halt on his beat except in front of his box or post, unless to pay a compliment and stand at ease.
(d) When halting outside his box or post, a sentry will face his front, order arms, take a pace to the rear, and stand at ease.
(e) The sentry
(i) must be on the alert during his turn of sentry duty ;
(ii) must be in uniform ;
(iii) must not sit down or lounge about ;
(iv) must not converse with any one except in the performance of
his duties;
(v) must on no account quit his arms ;
(vi) must not leave his post till relieved ; and
(vii) must not take shelter in his box except in very bad whether.
(f) A sentry will always remain alert, and will pay all necessary compliments smartly.
(g) The sentry should keep on the move in sight of the prisoner or near the property.
(h) If the sentry finds himself incapacitated by illness or other cause for the performance of his duty he will call the guard commander who will, if necessary, relieve him.
688. A sentry will challenge all persons or parties, during the night, approaching his post or the guard room when he is doubtful as to whether the person or the party approaching is authorised to pass or when he is suspicious as to his or their reasons for approaching.
689. When challenging on the part of a sentry is necessary, it will be carried out as follows :-
When a person or party approaches his post, the sentry will as soon as the person or party is within speaking distance, come to 'On Guard' position and call out 'Halt who comes there'. He will repeat this in the language most suitable to the locality, without disclosing his position. When the person or party has halted, he will call out 'Advance One' (translated if necessary). If and when the sentry is satisfied as to the identity of the person or party he will say 'Pass Friend All is well' remaining 'On Guard' until the person or party has passed. If not satisfied regarding the identity or bonafides of the person or party, the sentry will stand to the guard, and report to the guard commander. If, in answer to the challenge, the sentry receives the reply 'Grand' or 'Visiting Round' and the sentry is satisfied, he will follow the procedure laid down in Order 692.
690. If a person fails to halt and reply when challenged, the sentry should turn out the guard and the guard commander will then institute enquiries and take such action as is required to deal with the situation. Fire may be opened in self-defence when there is an apprehension of being overpowered or when there is an imminent danger of the property under guard being destroyed or sabotaged. If a person cannot satisfactorily explain his presence there, he should be detained in the guard room and a report sent at once to the Station House Officer or to the Reserve Inspector in the case of an Armed Reserve Police Guard.
691. (a) When the sentry sees the 'Grand Round' or the 'Visiting Round' approaching his guard, the sentry will come to the 'On Guard' position and halt the 'Round' approaching by 'Halt who comes there'.
(b) At the challenge 'Halt who comes there' the 'Grand' or 'Visiting Round' will halt and disclose his identity by saying 'Grand Round' or 'Visiting Round'.
(c) When the sentry has received the answer to his challenge and is satisfied that the round approaching the guard is a 'Grand' or 'Visiting Round', he will stand to the guard by shouting 'Halt grand or visiting round, Guard Stand to'. He will repeat this (Guard Stand to) three times, and remain at the 'On Guard' position. The guard along with the guard commander will then come out of the guard room at the double and take positions.
(d) The guard commander will approach the sentry and enquire from his 'Sentry what Round' and on a reply from the sentry 'Grand or Visiting round', he will give a pass to the Round by saying 'Advance Grand Round' or 'Visiting Round', "All is well". The sentry in the meantime will take his position behind the post already detailed, and so also the guard commander.
(e) After the inspection is over, the grand or visiting round will give the following orders :
(i) 'Stand Down the Guard'.
or
(ii) 'Fall in the Guard'.
(f) If the guard is required to 'Stand Down' they will leave their posts and double-up to the guard room.
(g) The guard commander will move to the guard room after the inspecting officer has recorded his inspection etc., in the sentry relief book and has left.
(h) If the guard is ordered to 'Fall in', the guard minus the sentries will fall in on the prescribed line and the same procedure will be followed as for inspection by day. The inspection of the guard room, etc. may not be done and the guard may be ordered to be dismissed after the inspection.
692. (a) When the sentry sees the inspecting officer actually approaching the guard, the sentry will come to attention, slope arms, and shout 'Guard Turn Out'.
(b) All personnel of the guard will move at the double and fall in on the prescribed line.
(c) When the inspecting officer has taken post in front of the guard, the guard will give the appropriate salute on orders from the guard commander. For those who are entitled to it, the bugler will sound the appropriate salute.
(d) Where the inspecting officer is so entitled, the command 'Present Arms' will be given after the guard has 'fallen in', followed by the command 'Slope Arms' and 'Order Arms' before the guard is reported to the inspecting officer.
(e) When the inspecting officer is seeking the salute, all others who may be accompanying him will stand to attention behind him.
(f) After the guard has been brought to the 'Order Arms', the guard commander will report 'Guard ready for inspection' to the inspecting officer. No other form of report will be used.
(g) After receiving the report of the guard commander, the inspecting officer will go forward to inspect the guard. All the personnel of the party other than the inspecting officer will remain at attention, wherever they may be, till the inspection has been completed and the guard dismissed. When the inspection is completed, the inspecting officer will order the guard commander to dismiss/Turn in the guard.
(h) Having received instructions to 'Turn in the Guard'/'Dismiss the Guard' from the inspecting officer, the guard commander will give the order 'Guard Slope Arms, Sentry Stand Fast, Remainder Dismiss', or 'Guard to the Guard Room, Dismiss'. All personnel of the guard except the sentry will turn to their right, salute and then move off at the double to the guard room.
(i) Having dismissed the guard, the guard commander will turn towards the inspecting officer and salute. He will then accompany the inspecting officer for an inspection of the guard room and its vicinity. Other persons who have accompanied the inspecting officer may now accompany him during the inspection.
(j) After the inspection of the guard room and its vicinity is completed, the guard commander will again salute the inspecting officer and then break off and return to the guard room.
(k) If there is only one other man of the guard present in the guard room, the sentry in the day time will not 'Turn Out' the guard on the arrival of an officer entitled to compliments, but will salute according to the status of the officer.
693. General instructions and compliments to be given by the guards and sentries
(a) General
. (i) Sentries always march with sloped arms and bayonets fixed and always turn outwards by making two distinct turns left or right, as the case may be, i.e., never face the sentry post.
(ii) Bayonets will always remain fixed in the guard room.
(iii) Every relief will be inspected by the guard commander on going out and
returning.
(iv) Compliments will not be paid to unarmed parties.
(b) Compliments by guards during day (between reveille and retreat)
Day guards will turn out and present arms to :-
(i) The President, Governors.
(ii) The Director General, the ADGP, the Inspector General, Deputy Inspector
General and Police officers of equivalent ranks.
(iii) The Superintendent on his first visit to the guard each day.
(iv) Grand Rounds.
(v) Officers of and above the rank of Generals of the Indian Army, Navy and
Air Force.
(vi) All Armed parties.
(vii) District and Sessions Judge, Deputy Commissioner, Divisional
Commissioner, Magistrates of the First Class and gazetted police
officers.
Police guards will fall in and present arms to a body of troops or police passing the guard.
(c) COMPLIMENTS BY GUARDS DURING NIGHT (BETWEEN RETREAT AND REVEILLE)
Guards will not turn out after retreat of before reveille, except on the approach of an armed party, or to receive grand and visiting rounds, nor will they during this period pay any compliments except to grand rounds to whom they will present arms.
(d) COMPLIMENTS BY SENTRIES
1. DAY - (a) A sentry will present arms to police officers wearing the State emblem or badges of higher rank and to officers of the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force of and above the rank of Majors.
(b) Before paying a compliment, a sentry will always halt and turn to his front. If standing in a sentry box, he will salute by coming to attention.
(c) A sentry will present arms to armed parties and will salute unarmed parties.
2. NIGHT - (a) A sentry will not present arms to any armed party after dark.
(b) As long as a sentry can discern an officer, he will halt and turn to his front on his approach, and will pay the correct compliments as for day.
694. (a) When officers, on whose first appearance only the turn out of the guard is prescribed, appear again during the same day, the sentry will present arms. Officer of lower rank than superior officers will be given only butt-salute by the sentry.
(b) When a guard is provided for a VIP it will present arms only to the VIP and persons of higher rank than the VIP and give butt-salute to all others entitled to a salute.
(c) At night the lantern in the guard premises should be so placed that its light is diffused only in the main approach to the premises and at the same time will not enable any undesirable person or persons to easily spot out the sentry and attack him. The guard should always use a lantern and not an uncovered and unprotected lamp.
(d) The sentries will be posted by the guard commander. During nights the sentry on duty is responsible for waking the guard officer five minutes before he is due to be relieved for the latter to mount the next sentry.
(e) Neglect of guard duty will be met with severe punishment. Absence from or sleeping while on sentry duty will normally entail dismissal from the service.
695. SUB-JAIL GUARDS -
The police guard at a sub-jail will be responsible for the safe custody of the prisoners, both when the prisoners are in the cells and when they are taken out for work or any other purpose.
696. The officer-in-charge of the guard must be present with the guard constables when prisoners are taken out of the sub-jail and he and the guard constables will be jointly and severally responsible for the custody of the prisoners taken out.
697. In order to ensure that the prisoners have nothing on them except their clothes, their persons must be searched every time before they are put into their cells after being taken out and the officer-in-charge of the guard should, on every such occasion, make an entry in the sentry relief book that the prisoners were searched and that no contraband article, weapon or other articles likely to facilitate commission of suicide, voluntarily causing of bodily harm or escape is left with them. He should satisfy himself that cells also do not contain any such articles.
698. When prisoners are taken out of the cell for any purpose, names of the prisoners taken out and the purpose for which they are taken out should be entered in the sentry relief book, and the officer receiving the prisoners should acknowledge them in the sentry relief book. When prisoners are brought back to the cell, a similar entry should be made in the sentry relief book, and the sentry should acknowledge in the book that he has received back the prisoners.
699. When prisoners pass in and out of the sub-jail, the guard must stand at such a distance that, should a prisoner try to rush and grapple with them, they may have time to use their arms.
700. In addition to the compliments provided in order 694, the sub-jail guard should 'turn out' and present arms to the ADG of Prisons/Inspector General of Prisons, Deputy Inspector General of Prisons and the Superintendent of the jail.
701. No prisoner should be permitted to approach within five yards of any sentry. It is the duty of the sentry to resist all attempts to break into or out of the jail or of any part of it and to prevent escape or illicit communications with prisoners. At night, every sentry will report to the guard commander anything suspicious or unusual that comes to his knowledge.
702. The guard should resist by force all attempts made to break into or out of any part of the jail and should aid in the suppression of all violence or opposition to authority on the part of prisoners.
703. When prisoners attempt to escape, the sentry should at once raise the alarm and acquaint the guard commander. The guards should prevent the escape by all possible means in their power. If a prisoner does escape, the officer-in-charge of the guard should detail one or two young and able bodied men of the guard to pursue and capture him and send information at once to the station-house officer and the Superintendent of the jail. The fact of escape and recapture, if any, should be recorded in the sentry relief book. The guard should not fire causing death except,
(i) in self-defence, when a murderous attack is made upon the guard; or
(ii) in the case of a prisoner charged with an offence punishable with death of imprisonment for life, if all other means of arresting him have failed.
704. Prisoners should on no account be taken out of their cells between sunset and sunrise to answer calls of nature. Instead, receptacles must be provided for each cell.
705. When prisoners are taken out for cooking meals, answering calls of nature, attending court, bathing and exercise every morning and evening, the guard commander should detail constables specially for the purpose of guarding the prisoners taken out. The escort in these cases should carry rifles/muskets.
706. Prisoners taken out to answer calls of nature in the day time, must be taken out singly and not in batches, each prisoner being escorted by not less than two constables. Handcuffs should be used only if the senior-most police officer in charge of the prisoner is of the opinion that in view of the nature and past record of the prisoner it is absolutely necessary to use them, and records his opinion in writing to that effect. In such a case additional precautions like use of a chain when the prisoner goes to answer the call of nature may be resorted to according to the discretion and judgement of the said Police Officer.
707. Constables guarding a gang of prisoners should remain at a sufficient distance to enable them to use their arms in case of rush.
708. The guard commander or constables of the guard should not hold any communication with a prisoner either by words or sign. They are strictly prohibited from bringing anything of whatever description from outside the sub-jail to any prisoner, and from receiving anything from a prisoner to be conveyed outside the sub-jail.
709. No outsider will be allowed to converse with the prisoner in the sub-jail except with the permission of its Superintendent.
710. If a person is permitted to contact a prisoner, he must not be allowed to enter the cell. The sentry must stand close by and prevent anything being passed on to the prisoner.
711. When a long-term convict or notorious criminal is confined temporarily in a sub-jail while under trial or otherwise, the following special precautions should be adopted.
712. A special guard consisting of three police constables should be engaged to maintain a strict watch over such prisoner by night and day and such prisoner should be locked up in a separate cell, if available.
713. The ward in which the prisoner is confined should regularly be searched at short intervals, and when a separate cell is provided, the special guard should allow no one to approach the cell, except the jail officials, the person deputed to give the prisoner his food, the scavenger or other person specially authorised by the officer-in-charge in writing.
714. To enable the guard to watch the prisoner by night, lantern should be so placed as to throw a good light into the ward or cell. The key of the door of the ward or cell should be kept by the officer-in-charge of the special guard.
715. The prisoner should not be detained in a sub-jail for a longer period than is actually necessary, and both the officer-in-charge of the sub-jail and the senior police officer-in-charge will be held severally responsible for the safety of the prisoner.
716. In the case of long-term convict who is confined in a lock-up under the Prisoners (Attendance in courts) Act 1955 or who halts at a lock-up enroute to a central or sub-jail, the further precaution of imposing fetters should be observed. The fetters should ordinarily be removed during the prisoner's actual appearance in Court, unless in the case of an exceptionally dangerous or violent prisoner, it is deemed unsafe to remove them.
717. The guard should not take any part in the daily discipline of the jail.
718. The police should not interfere in the matter of jail economy. Their duties should be limited to guarding prisoners and to giving assistance in case of refractory behaviour on the part of the prisoners.
719. An undertrial prisoner who has been admitted as an approver by a court should be kept separate at all times from the other prisoners in the same case, and all communication between them must be prevented.
720. The officer-in-charge of a treasury or sub-treasury guard should be present every evening when the treasury is closed and every morning when it is opened.
721. He should examine the seals with the sentry on duty.
722. The private seal of the Treasury or Sub-Treasury officers will be affixed to the outside of the treasury door in addition to the official seal. This seal should not be broken except by that officer's order.
723. No naked light or fire should be allowed near the treasury or sub-treasury buildings. The only light allowed must be a well protected lantern and it must be so placed as to throw light on the doors of the treasury room.
724. When a prisoner is confined in a station lock-up, a regular guard of at least three police constables in addition to the station sentry should be posted to guard the lock-up, the periods of sentry duty performed by each constable being limited to four hours at a stretch.
NOTE - (1) In small police stations, where the station staff does not exceed 12 Police Constables, the station sentry may be dispensed with, when a sentry is posted at the lock-up and the officer of the guard is present in the station.
NOTE - (2) In the case of a prisoner in the police lock up, who is recalcitrant, or is inclined to escape or is otherwise dangerous,
(i) a senior police officer should be deputed for being solely responsible for
the safe custody of the prisoner;
(ii) the guard over that prisoner should be specially and properly briefed on
his dangerous propensities; and
(iii) his (Prisoner's) diet should be properly checked before it is supplied
to him.
NOTE - (3) When any prisoner who is recalcitrant, or is inclined to escape or is otherwise dangerous, is admitted to jail custody, the concerned police officer should promptly intimate the Jail authority of his dangerous propensities.
725. During the day time, the lock-up sentry should be posted and relieved by the officer-in-charge of the police station, or, in his absence, by the senior police officer present in the station who will be the guard officer. At night (i.e. from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.) sentries will be relieved by the guard commander, i.e., a head constable or if no head constable is available, by a senior constable specially told off as a guard commander, who must sleep in the station and whose name must be entered by the officer-in-charge of the police station in the station-house dairy and in the sentry relief book. The key of the lock-up must be retained by the officer whose duty it is to relieve the sentry and he must be present whenever a prisoner is admitted to or removed from the lock-up. At each relief, he will enter and examine the lock-up with the relieving sentry to ensure that no weapons or other articles, likely to facilitate the suicide or escape of a prisoner have been concealed, count the prisoners present and note the number in the sentry relief book.
726. No officer or constable should be employed on guard duty over any prisoner in the lock-up between whom and himself relationship or friendship exists. The head constable or Sub-Inspector should acquaint himself on this point and should arrange so far as possible not to depute any such officer or constable on guard so long as such prisoner or prisoners are in the lock-up.
727. A sentry relief book in Form No.45 should be maintained by all guards. It should be written up every time a sentry is changed and signed by the guard commander and the relieving sentry. In this the guard commander should enter the absence of or neglect of duty by, any member of the guard, the escape of any prisoner, the fact of the treasury seals being correctly received and correctly handed over, and the letting out of the prisoners from their cells for any purpose, their return and all other details connected with the guard duty. Officers who check the guard will record their visits and particulars if any, noticed by them, in the sentry relief book.
728. The guard commander should send a report every morning to the station-house officer in Form No.46 attaching a copy of the Duty Roster in Form No.44. This report will be attached to the station-house diary. In the case of the district treasury guard, the report will be in Form No. 47.
729. Guards to other departments may be provided with the sanction of the Government.
730. (1) In the case of prisoners of a dangerous type, who are temporarily released and sent to civil hospital for medical treatment, a regular police guard will be arranged by the Superintendent.
(2) When the children are under the provisions of the Karnataka Children Act, 1964, in legal custody and are admitted to hospitals as indoor patients (in-patients) for medical treatment from Remand Houses and certified schools including fit person institutions, police in plain clothes shall do the watching duty, during their stay in hospital.
GUARD OF SICK PRISONERS IN HOSPITALS IN BANGALORE AND DISTICT HEADQUARTERS
731. (a) Whenever a sick prisoner in police custody is to be brought to Bangalore from districts, for admission to any of the hospitals, the Superintendent of the district concerned should, well in advance, intimate the Deputy Commissioner, City Armed Reserve, HQ, Bangalore, as to when the prisoner would be escorted from the districts to Bangalore for admission to the hospital, furnishing full particulars such as the name of the prisoner, name of the hospital to which he should be admitted for treatment, probable time of arrival at the hospital with the prisoner and the name of the commander of the escort party escorting the prisoner.
(b) On receipt of the intimation referred to above, the Deputy Commissioner, City Armed Reserve, HQ, Bangalore, should provide necessary guard at the hospital for guarding the prisoner.
(c) On arrival at the hospital, the district escorting party should hand over the prisoner to the guard commander of the City Armed Reserve, Bangalore, provided at the hospital, under proper acknowledgement and the district escort party should immediately get back to the district.
(d) The City Armed Reserve, HQ, Bangalore, will be responsible for guarding the prisoner in the hospital till the prisoner is discharged from the hospital.
(e) The Deputy Commissioner, City Armed Reserve concerned , Bangalore, should ascertain from the Medical officer concerned as to when the prisoner would be discharged from the hospital and thereafter he should immediately intimate the Superintendent of the district concerned.
(f) The Superintendent of the district concerned immediately on receipt of the intimation referred to above should send his district escort party to Bangalore for escorting the prisoner.
(g) On arrival, the district escort party should take charge of the prisoner at the hospital from the guard commander of the City Armed Reserve, Bangalore, under proper acknowledgement and should immediately proceed back to the district concerned with the prisoner.
(h) The Superintendent of the district concerned should intimate the Deputy Commissioner, City Armed Reserve concerned, Bangalore, immediately after the escort party with the prisoner arrives in the district.
(i) In the case of sick prisoners in police custody to be admitted to the district headquarters hospitals for treatment, the Superintendent of the district concerned should arrange for the guarding of such prisoners in the hospitals by the District Armed Reserve Police only, in the manner detailed above. In no case such prisoners should be allowed to be guarded by the civil police, except when absolutely necessary under some special or extraordinary circumstances.
DISTICT POLICE OFFICE GUARDS, BELL OF ARMS GUARD AND MAGAZINE GUARD
732. Guards have been provided to all district police offices, and also to bell of arms. The guard instructions issued in the foregoing orders will apply to these guards also. Magazine guards, wherever provided, will also be governed by these orders.
733. (a) The guard of honour to be mounted will be dependent on the status of the personage as laid down by the Government from time to time.
(b) For personages entitled to National Salute, they will consist of one senior superior officer, two junior superior officers/Inspectors (one carrying the colours, in case colours are carried), two Assistant Reserve Sub-Inspectors, (or senior reserve Head Constables), two reserve head constables, and 96 constables.
(c) For personages entitled to the General Salute-one superior officer, two Inspectors/Sub-Inspectors (one carrying the colours in case colours are carried), two Reserve Sub-Inspectors/senior reserve head constables, two senior reserve head constables and 48 constables.
(d) The guard of honour will be accompanied by the band and drums, if available, otherwise by buglers. The guard will be formed into two equal divisions in three ranks, each of sixteen or eight men as the case may be. The guard of honour will be dressed at intervals of 24 inches. The distance between the two divisions will be three paces.
(e) The instructions regarding the lay-out, salute, inspection, and other details are given in the Drill Manual.