Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Chapter II: Execution General · Arrest and detention
Section 58: Detention and release
(1) Every person detained in the civil prison in execution of a decree shall be so detained,
(a) where the decree is for the payment of a sum of money exceeding [[five thousand rupees], for a period not exceeding three months, and,]
[(b) where the decree is for the payment of a sum of money exceeding two thousand rupees, but not exceeding five thousand rupees, for a period not exceeding six weeks.]
4(1A) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that no order for detention of the judgmentdebtor in civil prison in execution of a decree for the payment of money shall be made, where the total amount of the decree does not exceed [two thousand rupees.]
(2) A judgment-debtor released from detention under this section shall not merely by reason of his release be discharged from his debt, but he shall not be liable to be re-arrested under the decree in execution of which he was detained in the civil prison.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 58
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Singh and Others v. Harpal Singh Alias Harpal Singh Chela and
A suit for confirmation of possession or in the alternative recovery of possession and injunction was filed by the predecessor in interest of the Respondents against the predecessor in interest of the Appellants. The…