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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 91: Summons to produce document or other thing
- Section 213: When manner of committing offence must be stated
- Section 209: Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it
- Section 40: Duty of officers employed in connection with the affairs of a village to make certain report
- Section 161: Examination of witnesses by police
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