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Section 67
Imprisonment of accused

(1) If the accused is accused of any of the following offenses and appears to be guilty from the evidence immediately received or if there is any reasonable ground to believe that he is guilty, the court shall remand such accused in custody pending trial:
(a) Offense punishable with imprisonment for life,
(b) Offenses under Schedule-1 or Schedule-2 punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding three years, or
(c) the offense of industry, abetment or criminal conspiracy of the offense mentioned in clause (a) or (b) or of being a party to such offence.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the court may remand the accused liable to imprisonment under the following circumstances:-
(a) Accused has pleaded guilty in the court and on assessment of the facts and evidence of the case, detention is found to be warranted,
(b) If the accused accused of an offense punishable by one year or more does not have a permanent residence in Nepal and there is no possibility of his escape and subsequent arrest if he is not detained,
(c) In accordance with the arrest warrant issued in accordance with sub-section (1) of section 58, the accused has been arrested without appearing within the time limit and he has not shown any satisfactory reason for not appearing in the court with the complaint,
(d) If he has been sentenced to imprisonment for any other offense within three years prior to the indictment.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or (2), except in the case of an offense punishable with imprisonment for more than ten years, if the accused is a child or disabled due to physical or mental illness or a woman more than seven months pregnant or an elderly person above seventy-five years of age, such accused shall The court may release the bond or bail on a date.