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Under section 187(2)–(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicable detention…

Section 187(2) permits up to fifteen days of police custody in whole or in parts during the first forty days of the sixty-day detention period. The corresponding window is…

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Under section 187(2)–(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicable detention period for an investigation is sixty days. Within what initial window may a Judicial Magistrate authorise the aggregate police custody of up to fifteen days?

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Correct answer C

Section 187(2) permits up to fifteen days of police custody in whole or in parts during the first forty days of the sixty-day detention period.

The corresponding window is the first sixty days if the ninety-day detention period applies.

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Option A

Section 187(2) uses fifteen days as the aggregate police custody limit, not the window for authorising it.

Option B

Section 187(2) specifies a forty-day window for this category.

Option C

In the sixty-day category, section 187(2) permits the fifteen days to be authorised in whole or in parts within the first forty days.

Option D

The sixty days form the applicable detention period under section 187(3), and the police custody window ends earlier.

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