Police Custody
Definition
The period during which an arrested person is held under police control for investigation, distinct from later judicial custody in prison pending trial.
Related terms
- Anticipatory Bail
- A court order granted before arrest that directs the police to release a named person on bail if they are arrested on...
- Arrest Memo
- A written record of an arrest, naming the time and place, attested by a witness and given to the arrested person, required...
- Bail
- The conditional release of an accused person from custody pending trial, usually against a bond and sometimes a surety.
- Charge Sheet
- The final report an investigating officer files with a magistrate at the close of investigation, summarising evidence and naming the accused to...
- Cognizable Offence
- An offence for which a police officer may arrest without a warrant and start investigating without a magistrate's prior order, listed as...
- First Information Report (FIR)
- The written record an officer in charge of a police station prepares on receiving information about a cognizable offence, which sets the...
- Judicial Remand
- An order by a magistrate or judge committing an accused person to custody, police or judicial, during investigation or trial.
- Preventive Detention
- Executive detention of a person without a criminal charge, justified by a forecast that the person threatens public order or security.
- Surety
- A person who undertakes to the court, backed by a financial bond, that the released accused will appear when required.
- Zero FIR
- FIR registered at any police station regardless of territorial jurisdiction, then transferred to the station with jurisdiction. BNSS 173(1) proviso codifies the...
Explained in these topics
- Criminal Investigation: From Complaint to Charge Sheet
- Pre-Trial Detention, Judicial Remand and BailCustody of an arrested person held by the investigating agency itself, subject to a strict statutory time limit before a magistrate must review it.