Section 76: Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973Central Act · 1973

Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024

The police officer or other person executing a warrant of arrest shall (subject to the provisions of section 71 as to security) without unnecessary delay bring the person arrested before the Court before which he is required by law to produce such person:

Provided that such delay shall not, in any case, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section	76
Marginal note	Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	Repealed
Judgments citing it	1

Judgments that turned on this provision

APPLN/2453/2015 of PRATAPSING RATANSING SIKKALKA Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2015-05-05

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