Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 58

BNSS 58: earlier CrPC 57

Section 58 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 57 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 58 deals with person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours. The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 58 was CrPC 57.

Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.

Modified
14% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. V
s. 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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. V
s. 58
Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours.
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.
Text from India Code

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