If a person was arrested without a Warrant and either bail was not taken, he shall be immediately produced before the Incharge of the Police Station or in the Jurisdictional Magistrate Court.   

No person shall be arrested without a Warrant and kept in custody by the Police for more than 24 hours. Under Section 167 of Cr.P.C. the arrested person’s custody could be extended excluding the journey time for the production of the arrested person in the Jurisdictional Magistrate Court.

The Officer Incharge of the Police Stations must report to the District Magistrate or under his direction to the Sub Divisional Magistrate about the cases in which arrests were made without Warrant and bail was granted or not.

An arrested person can never be released on bail without his own bond or by any order of the Magistrate.