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Apply the law as of 6 November 2026. What event starts the sixty-day or ninety-day remand period under…

The remand period starts with the Magistrate's first authorisation of detention after production, not police arrest alone. Section 187 governs that judicially authorised…

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Apply the law as of 6 November 2026. What event starts the sixty-day or ninety-day remand period under section 187 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023?

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The remand period starts with the Magistrate's first authorisation of detention after production, not police arrest alone. Section 187 governs that judicially authorised detention. The Supreme Court's remand analysis in ED v Kapil Wadhawan identifies the remand order as the starting event.

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Option A

Police detention before judicial remand is not this starting event.

Option B

Judicial authorisation of remand starts the remand period.

Option C

The period does not wait for police custody to end.

Option D

A charge sheet does not start the remand period.

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