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BNSS Section 57: Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station

Verbatim · BNSS57. Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station.—A police officer making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer in charge of a police station.

Corresponds (indicatively) to CrPC 56 of the repealed Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC → BNSS table

Cite as: Section 57, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023)