Section-61 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
( ACT NO. V OF 1898 )
CHAPTER V
OF ARREST, ESCAPE AND RETAKING
B.-Arrest without Warrant
Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
61. 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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