Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
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Summary
A person arrested without a warrant cannot be kept in police custody longer than is reasonable. Normally the arrested person must be produced before a magistrate within 24 hours, excluding the time needed to travel to the magistrate's court. Only a special magistrate order can lawfully extend that period.
Example
Ravi is arrested without a warrant at 6 pm. The police must produce him before a magistrate within 24 hours, excluding travel time to the magistrate's court; if they keep him longer without a magistrate's special order, the detention is unlawful.
Bare Act
Enacted textNo 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 187, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court, whether having jurisdiction or not.
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