law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  57.Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours.-
  No police officer shall detail in custody a
  
  person arrested without warrant for a longer period than under all the
  
  circumstances of the case is reasonable, and such period shall not, in the
  
  absence of a special order of a Magistrate under section 167, exceed
  
  twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the
  
  place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court.