Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
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Summary
The arresting officer must, without unnecessary delay, bring the arrested person before the court that is legally required to hear the case. This obligation is subject to any security requirements, and the delay must not exceed 24 hours, excluding the time needed to travel to the magistrate's court. Detention beyond this period is unlawful.
Example
Ravi is arrested near his shop. The police must take him before the appropriate magistrate without unnecessary delay and in any case within 24 hours, not counting travel time to the magistrate's court. If held longer, his detention is unlawful and he can be produced and released.
Bare Act
Enacted textThe police officer or other person executing a warrant of arrest shall (subject to the provisions of section 71 as to security) without unnecessary delay bring the person arrested before the Court before which he is required by law to produce such person:
Provided that such delay shall not, in any case, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the lime necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate’s Court.
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