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Section 57 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
57.Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours.-
No police officer shall detail in custody a person arrested without warrant for a longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable, and such period shall not, in the absence of a special order of a Magistrate under section 167, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court.
Related Sections
- Section 388: Order of High Court on appeal to be certified to lower Court
- Section 326: Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another
- Section 445: Deposit instead of recognizance
- Section 329: Procedure in case of person of unsound mind tried before Court
- Section 94: Search of place suspected to contain stolen property, forged documents, etc
Related Acts
- National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Act, 2021
- Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
- Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018
- National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020
- Union Territory Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018
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