BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 58 — Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours.
Replaces CrPC Section 57.
Officers in charge of police stations shall report to the District Magistrate, or, if he so directs, to the Sub-divisional Magistrate, the cases of all persons arrested without warrant, within the limits of their respective stations, whether such persons have been admitted to bail or otherwise.
Nearby sections
- 55 Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant.
- 56 Health and safety of arrested person.
- 57 Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station.
- 59 Police to report apprehensions.
- 60 Discharge of person apprehended.
- 61 Power, on escape, to pursue and retake.
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