https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182653 SC held that under S.167(2) Cr.P.C., an accused can be kept in police custody only within the first 15 days from the date of detention ordered by the Magistrate in that particular case; thereafter, detention during investigation can only be in judicial custody. Detention ordered by an Executive Magistrate (maximum seven days) must be credited towards this initial 15-day period, and the Judicial Magistrate may authorize police or judicial custody only for the remaining days. The bar on police custody after the first 15 days applies even if further offences in the same transaction surface later, but does not preclude arrest and police custody in a different case arising from a distinct transaction. The 60/90-day limit for "default bail" runs from the first Magistrate's detention order. en-us Fri, 08 May 1992 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:09:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182653 SC held that under S.167(2) Cr.P.C., an accused can be kept in police custody only within the first 15 days from the date of detention ordered by the Magistrate in that particular case; thereafter, detention during investigation can only be in judicial custody. Detention ordered by an Executive Magistrate (maximum seven days) must be credited towards this initial 15-day period, and the Judicial Magistrate may authorize police or judicial custody only for the remaining days. The bar on police custody after the first 15 days applies even if further offences in the same transaction surface later, but does not preclude arrest and police custody in a different case arising from a distinct transaction. The 60/90-day limit for "default bail" runs from the first Magistrate's detention order. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 08 May 1992 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182653