Section 198

If from the absence of a witness or any other reasonable cause it becomes necessary or advisable to do so the court may, by order, postpone the commencement of or adjourn any inquiry or trial on such terms as it thinks fit for such time as it considers reasonable and may, if the accused is not on bail, by a warrant remand the accused in such custody as the court thinks fit. [Form 36.]

No Magistrate’s Court shall remand an accused person to custody under this section for a term exceeding 8 days at a time.

Every order made under this section by a court other than the High Court shall be in writing signed by the Magistrate or District Judge and shall state the reasons for it.[197 Explanation.—If sufficient evidence has been obtained to raise a suspicion that the accused may have committed an offence and it appears likely that further evidence may be obtained by a remand this is a reasonable cause for a remand.