Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, police remand of an accused cannot exceed in the…

Under Section 187(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 167(2) CrPC), a Magistrate to whom an accused person is forwarded may authorise the detention of the accused in police custody for a term not exceeding 15 days in the whole. Under the BNSS, this 15-day maximum aggregate period of police custody may be authorised in the whole or in parts at any time during the initial 40 days or 60 days out of the total detention period of 60 days or 90 days, as the case may be, under Section 187(3).