A person arrested should not be detained more than:

Option A: 48 hours

Option B: 24 hours

Option C: 14 days

Option D: 90 days

Correct Answer

Option: b

Explanation

Section 57, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 provides that a person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours. It states that -No police officer shall detain in custody a 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.

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