Section 58 Earlier CrPC 57
Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
Chapter 5: Arrest of persons
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.
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
- 55Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrantCrPC 55
- 56Health and safety of arrested personCrPC 55A
- 57Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police stationCrPC 56
- 59Police to report apprehensionsCrPC 58
- 60Discharge of person apprehendedCrPC 59
- 61Power, on escape, to pursue and retakeCrPC 60