Section 417: Power to order detention for one day in precincts of the court

(1) Where the court has power to pass a sentence of imprisonment, it may, in lieu of passing sentence of imprisonment, order the convict to be detained within the precincts of the court or at a police station till such hour not later than eight in the evening on the day on which he is convicted, as the court may direct.
(2) The court shall, before making an order of detention under this section, take into consideration the distance between the place of detention and the convict's abode, where his abode is known to or ascertained by the court, the court shall not make an order of detention under this section as will deprive the convict of a reasonable opportunity of returning to his abode on the day on which the order of detention is made.