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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 428: Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment
- Section 458: Procedure where no claimant appears within six months
- Section 253: Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases
- Section 135: Person to whom order is addressed to obey or show cause
- Section 349: Imprisonment or committal of person refusing to answer or produce document
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