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Under Section 187 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the longest period for which an…

The longest period of police custody permissible under Section 187(2) BNSS (formerly s.167 CrPC) is "15 days" in the whole (which may be taken in parts within the initial…

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Under Section 187 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the longest period for which an accused can be remanded in police custody is

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The longest period of police custody permissible under Section 187(2) BNSS (formerly s.167 CrPC) is "15 days" in the whole (which may be taken in parts within the initial forty or sixty days of the detention period), not "14 days", "20 days" or "07 days".

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