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A Magistrate can authorize the detention of accused in police custody for a period of fifteen days.…

The fifteen-day police-custody period under Section 187 BNSS (formerly s.167 CrPC) runs "after production of the accused before the Magistrate", not "from the time of arrest…

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A Magistrate can authorize the detention of accused in police custody for a period of fifteen days. When does this period begin to run?

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The fifteen-day police-custody period under Section 187 BNSS (formerly s.167 CrPC) runs "after production of the accused before the Magistrate", not "from the time of arrest by the police" (CBI v Anupam Kulkarni); under Section 187(2) the fifteen days may be taken in whole or in parts within the initial forty or sixty days of the detention period.

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