Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section - 57 - Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours.
57. No police officer shall detain 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.
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