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Section 58 BNSS — Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 19

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58. 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 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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