A police lockup is used for keeping:

Question

A police lockup is used for keeping:

1. A. Stray cattle
2. B. Arrestees (Correct answer)
3. C. Stores
4. D. Arms and ammunition

Correct Answer

Option B — Arrestees

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Arrestees.

Key Points

• A police lockup is used to hold arrested persons in temporary custody at a police station, before they are produced in court.
• Stores and arms are kept in a malkhana or armoury, and stray cattle in a cattle pound — not in a lockup.

Additional Information

• Under Article 22 of the Constitution and Section 57 CrPC, an arrested person must be produced before a magistrate within 24 hours, excluding travel time.
• The D.K. Basu guidelines of the Supreme Court lay down arrest and detention procedure: an arrest memo, informing a relative, a medical examination, and the right to consult a lawyer.
• A lockup differs from a jail, which holds undertrials and convicts under the prison authorities rather than the police.