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

CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973 (CrPC)

Section 57 - Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty- four hours

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