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In an ordinary investigation governed by section 187 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023,…

A Judicial Magistrate may authorise up to fifteen days of police custody in all. Those days may be taken in one stretch or in parts within the first forty days of a…

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In an ordinary investigation governed by section 187 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, what is the total maximum police custody a Judicial Magistrate may authorise in the same case?

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A Judicial Magistrate may authorise up to fifteen days of police custody in all. Those days may be taken in one stretch or in parts within the first forty days of a sixty-day detention period, or the first sixty days of a ninety-day detention period.

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Option A

Ninety days is a total detention limit for the more serious statutory category. It is not a police custody limit.

Option B

Sixty days is a total detention limit for the other statutory category. It is not a police custody limit.

Option C

Police custody may total fifteen days, taken together or in parts during the first forty or sixty days of the applicable detention period.

Option D

Seven days is the aggregate limit for the separate Executive Magistrate procedure when a Judicial Magistrate is unavailable.

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