CrPC Section 167 is now BNSS Section 187
- CrPC 167 (Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours) → BNSS 187 Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hoursBNSS 187 allows police custody of up to 15 days to be taken in parts during the initial 40 or 60 days of the 60/90-day detention period.
- CrPC 167(2) (Default bail on expiry of 60/90 days of detention (proviso to CrPC 167(2))) → BNSS 187(3) Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hoursCrPC 167(2) is split: the 15-day custody rule is BNSS 187(2) and the 60/90-day limit with default bail is BNSS 187(3).
Verbatim · BNSS 187187. Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours.—
Read the full BNSS Section 187 →
The BNSS replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 from 1 July 2024.
Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.