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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 323: Procedure when, after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed
- Section 300: Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence
- Section 115: Power to dispense with personal attendance
- Section 271: Power to issue commission for examination of witness in prison
- Section 308: Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon
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