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

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

  Section- 57. 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 journ