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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 42: Arrest on refusal to give name and residence
Section 244: Evidence for prosecution
Section 221: Trial for more than one offence-1
Section 44: Arrest by Magistrate
Section 45: Protection of members of the Armed Forces from arrest

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