Delhi High Court: Interim Bail Period Cannot be Counted as Custody Under BNSS Remand Limits

The Delhi High Court held that, for the purpose of calculating custody period for police remand under Section 187 of BNSS, only the period spent in actual custody counts, and time spent on interim bail cannot be added.

The Court said that interim bail does not amount to custody and thus cannot be included in remand calculations.

It clarified that remand periods must strictly reflect actual detention, and interim bail should not be treated as equivalent to custody for detention limits.

The ruling came while hearing a petition concerning police remand computation.

[Neeraj Kumar v. State NCT of Delhi]