48. Procedure after arrest

An officer making an arrest without a warrant shall without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, take steps to produce the person arrested before the nearest Magistrate.

Any officer shall not detain in custody or otherwise confine a person arrested without a warrant for a longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable, and such period shall not exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate.

Where a person arrested was produced before a

If a person in lawful custody escapes or is rescued, the officer from whose custody he escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and arrest him in any place, either within or outside the jurisdiction where he was so in custody, and provision of section 47 shall apply to such arrest.

Where any currency notes, alleged to have been accepted, solicited or offered as an illegal gratification by the person arrested are produced before the Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case together with a report under the hand of the Director-General, stating that such notes were alleged to have been so accepted, solicited or offered, the Magistrate shall issue a certificate under his hand to the effect that the notes of the denominations and numbers set out in the certificate were produced before him and such certificate shall be admissible in any proceedings instituted against the person alleged to have accepted, solicited or offered such notes, in lieu of producing such notes in such proceedings.