Can the police keep a person in custody for as long as they want?
If you are a victim or witness of a crime give clear descriptions of all that you experienced, saw or remember. If you are filing an FIR for a crime that you have second hand knowledge of, then report exactly what you were told or what you heard. Information should never be exaggerated or false.
Important details to include are the date, time, location and a description of the culprits or people involved. The sequence of events that occurred and details of what each person did or said.
Often police arrest a person on Friday and keep them in custody until the following Monday, citing that there is no magistrate available over the weekend. This is illegal, as in reality there is always a magistrate on duty and available 24 x 7.
If a person’s 24 hour custody hold ends after court working hours, he/she can always be produced before the magistrate at his residence. The magistrate cannot refuse to see the suspect.
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