Section 58 - Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours. 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.