As per the case facts a State Cabinet Minister was arrested and subsequently remanded to judicial custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act A writ of Habeas Corpus was ... filed challenging the legality of this arrest and remand Following a divergence of opinions within the High Court the matter was referred and subsequent orders were issued by a majority of judges These orders then became the subject of an appeal to the Supreme Court The question arose regarding the lawfulness of the arrest and remand under the PMLA and more broadly the interpretation of the period of police custody as stipulated under Section of the CrPC Finally the Supreme Court affirmed the High Court's majority view dismissing the appeals and upholding the validity of the arrest and remand The Court also directed that the more significant legal issue concerning the precise meaning of the -day police custody period under Section of the CrPC whether it is confined to the initial days of remand or can be spread across the entire investigation period be escalated for determination by the Chief Justice of India

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