Criminal Law
Judicial Custody
Custody where an arrested person is held in jail under the magistrate's authority, as opposed to being with the investigating police.
In judicial custody, the accused is lodged in jail, and the police need the court's permission to access them for further questioning — unlike police custody, where the accused remains directly with the investigating agency.
Courts typically move an accused from police to judicial custody once the immediate need for custodial interrogation is over, while the broader investigation and trial process continues.
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