Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
CrPC Section 56 in BNSS
Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge. Section 56 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge) corresponds to Section 57 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Verify before you rely on this. Renumbering under the 2023 codes is not a clean one-to-one exercise — provisions were merged, split and reworded. Always check the printed bare act.
Where this sits in the exam
This provision is examined under CrPC & Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, worth 10 of the 100 marks in AIBE XXII. The paper permits bare acts but bans notes, so what matters is finding it quickly, not reciting the number.
Questions that turn on this section
P is arrested without warrant at 9 p.m. on Monday in a district 60 km from the nearest Magistrate's court. The journey takes two hours. He is produced before the Magistrate at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Which of the following is most accurate?
Answer & explanation
The production is bad: the twenty-four hours excludes only the time of the journey, and that period was exceeded
Article 22(2) and § 58 BNSS allow exclusion only of the time necessary for the journey. Two hours excluded from roughly forty-two elapsed hours still leaves the period well beyond twenty-four.
Sections either side of it
How the neighbouring provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 were renumbered:
| CrPC | Provision | BNSS |
|---|---|---|
| 53A | Examination of person accused of rape by medical practitioner | 52 |
| 54 | Examination of arrested person by medical officer | 53 |
| 54A | Identification of person arrested | 54 |
| 57 | Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours | 58 |
| 61 | Form of summons | 63 |
| 62 | Summons how served | 64 |
Practise it
Cutoff has AIBE XXII questions on this area, each cited to both codes with a line telling you where to find it in the bare act. Ten questions per subject are free, no account needed.
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