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In a ransomware investigation the accused is arrested for an offence punishable with imprisonment for ten years. Under Section 187 of the BNSS, 2023, what is the maximum total period for which a Magistrate can authorise his detention before he becomes entitled to be released on bail if he furnishes it?

The maximum is ninety days. Where the offence carries death, life imprisonment or imprisonment of ten years or more, the Magistrate may authorise detention up to ninety days in total; after that the accused must be released on bail if he furnishes it.

  1. ASixty days
  2. BNinety daysCorrect
  3. CForty days
  4. DFifteen days

Explanation

Section 187(3)(i) allows up to ninety days where the offence is punishable with death, life imprisonment or imprisonment of ten years or more. Sixty days applies to other offences, which is the key distractor. Fifteen days is only the limit for each police-custody authorisation.

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