Section 57 of The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 View Chapter 5

Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station.


   A police officer making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer in charge of a police station.