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Section 78 – Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

CHAPTER VI: PROCESSES TO COMPEL APPEARANCE

B - Warrant of arrest

Section 78: Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay.

Bare Act

The police officer or other person executing a warrant of arrest shall (subject to the provisions of section 73 as to security) without unnecessary delay bring the person arrested before the Court before which he is required by law to produce such person:

Provided that such delay shall not, in any case, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court.

Simplified Act and examples below are previews.

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Simplified Act

  1. When a police officer or another person ar

Explanation using examples

Example 1:

Ravi, a resident of Mumbai, is accused of theft and a warrant for his arrest is issued by the Magistrate's Court. The police officer, Inspector Sharma, receives