Undertrial detention limits require release on bail or bond once prescribed detention thresholds are met, barring multiple cases. Where a person detained during investigation, inquiry or trial for an offence (excluding offences punishable by death or life imprisonment) has undergone detention up to one-half of the maximum imprisonment specified for that offence, the Court must release the person on bail; a first-time offender shall be released on bond if detention has extended up to one-third. The Court may, after hearing the Public Prosecutor and recording reasons, order continued detention beyond the half-period or convert bond to bail bond. Detention cannot exceed the maximum prescribed punishment and time lost due to the accused's delay is excluded. Multiple pending offences bar release. The jail Superintendent must apply to the Court upon completion of the relevant threshold.