Following principles are laid by High Court for grant of “Physical Remand”.
(1) During first 15 days, the Magistrate may authorise the detention of the accused in judicial custody liberally but shall not authorise the detention in the custody of the police except on strong and excep¬tional grounds and that too, for the shortest possible period;
(2) The Magistrate shall record reasons for the grant of remand.
(3) The Magistrate shall forward a copy of his order passed under section 167, Cr.P.C. to the Sessions Judge concerned.
(4) After the expiry of 15 days, the Magistrate shall require the police to submit complete or incomplete challan and in case,
the challan is not submitted, he shall refuse further detention of the accused and shall release him on bail with or without surety.
(5) After the expiry of 15 days, no remand shall be granted unless, the application is moved by the police for the grant of remand/ adjournment.
(6) The application moved by the prosecution/ police after the expiry of 15 days of the arrest of the accused, be treated as an application for adjournment under section 344, Cr.P.C.
(7) Before granting remand, the Magistrate shall assure that evidence sufficient to raise suspicion that the accused has committed the offence has been collected by the police and that further evidence will be obtained after the remand is granted.
(8) The Magistrate shall not grant remand /adjournment in the absence of the accused.
(9) The Magistrate should avoid giving remand /adjournment at his residence.
(10) The Magistrate shall give opportunity to the accused to raise objection, if any, to the grant of adjournment /remand
(11) The Magistrate shall record objection which may be raised by an accused person and shall give reasons for the rejection of the same.
(12) The Magistrate shall examine police file before deciding the question of remand.
(13) If no investigation was conducted after having obtained remand, the Magistrate shall refuse to grant further remand /adjournment.
(14) The Magistrate shall not allow remand/ adjournment after 2 months (which is a reasonable time) of the arrest of the accused unless it is unavoidable.
(15) In case, complete challan is not submitted, the Magistrate shall commence trial on the strength of incomplete challan and examine the witnesses given in the list of witnesses.
(16) If the challan is not submitted within 2 months, the Magistrate shall report the matter to the Sessions Judge of the district and also bring the default of the police to the notice of Superintendent of Police of the district.
(17) The Magistrate shall not grant remand mechanically for the sake of co-operation with the prosecution/ police.
(18) The Magistrate shall always give reasons for the grant of remand and adjournment.
The Magistrates should realize that they are answerable and account¬able to the High Court for the illegalities and irregularities done by them and that the High ‘Court under section 439,
Cr.P.C. is quite competent to examine the correctness of the orders passed by them and in case they violate the instructions given by High Court, serious action may be taken against them:
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