BNSS Section 58 - Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours.
Description of BNSS Section 58 - Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours.
No police officer shall detain in custody a person arrested without warrant for a longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable, and such period shall not, in the absence of a special order of a Magistrate under section 187, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court, whether having jurisdiction or not.
| Offence | Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life. |
| Punishment | (i) if that offence be committed, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years; or (ii) if the offence be not committed, with imprisonment of either description, for a term which may extend to three years, |
| Cognizance | According as offence abetted is cognizable or non-cognizable. |
| Bail | Non-bailable |
| Triable | Court by which offence abetted is triable. |