Section 57. Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station
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The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section number
57
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The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
57. Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station.
A police officer making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer in charge of a police station.
Section 57: Bringing the Arrested Person to Court
If the police arrest someone without a court order, they must quickly take or send that person to a judge or the head of the police station.
