Custody

In India, police cannot keep an arrested person in custody on their own authority for more than 24 hours, excluding travel time to the Magistrate. Any further detention requires a Magistrate’s remand order. Under Section 187 of the BNSS, police custody is restricted to the initial statutory period, while longer detention may be judicial custody. Depending on the offence, investigation-related detention may extend to 60 or 90 days, after which the accused may become entitled to default bail if legal requirements are met.