https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188955 In habeas corpus, custody must be justified by a valid and subsisting remand order on the date of return. An expired remand order, coupled only with an adjournment order, does not satisfy the statutory requirement for continued detention under the Criminal Procedure Code. Where no written remand order authorising further custody is produced in compliance with the Court's direction, and the court declines to rely on unsupported documents, the detention cannot be sustained. The petitioners were therefore entitled to immediate release, reaffirming that personal liberty can be curtailed only if remand safeguards are strictly observed. en-us Thu, 12 Mar 1953 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 17:59:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188955 In habeas corpus, custody must be justified by a valid and subsisting remand order on the date of return. An expired remand order, coupled only with an adjournment order, does not satisfy the statutory requirement for continued detention under the Criminal Procedure Code. Where no written remand order authorising further custody is produced in compliance with the Court's direction, and the court declines to rely on unsupported documents, the detention cannot be sustained. The petitioners were therefore entitled to immediate release, reaffirming that personal liberty can be curtailed only if remand safeguards are strictly observed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 12 Mar 1953 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188955