Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
Women accused of any offence, if arrested so soon after child birth that they cannot at once be taken before the Magistrate without personal suffering and risk to health, should not ordinarily be removed until they are into proper condition to travel. They should be allowed to remain under proper charge in the care of their relations, or to be sent to the nearest dispensary, and suffered to remain there until the officer in charge of the dispensary certifies that they are sufficiently recovered. In such cases, sanction must be obtained by the Police from the nearest Magistrate for their detention at their homes, or in the dispensary, beyond the period of 24 hours allowed by section 57 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The same procedure should be followed in the case of other accused persons who are too ill to travel.