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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 150: Information of design to commit cognizable offences
- Section 406: Power to Supreme Court to transfer cases and appeals
- Section 335: Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody
- Section 223: What persons may be charged jointly
- Section 446: Procedure when bond has been forfeited
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