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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 33: Powers of officers appointed
- Section 430: Return of warrant on execution of sentence
- Section 303: Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
- Section 217: Recall of witnesses when charge altered
- Section 123: Power to release persons imprisoned for failing to give security
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