Section 57 Earlier CrPC 56
Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station
Chapter 5: Arrest of persons
A police officer making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer in charge of a police station.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 54Identification of person arrestedCrPC 54A
- 55Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrantCrPC 55
- 56Health and safety of arrested personCrPC 55A
- 58Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hoursCrPC 57
- 59Police to report apprehensionsCrPC 58
- 60Discharge of person apprehendedCrPC 59