When can the family members of criminal cases know the case?

Legal analysis

Generally speaking, within 24 hours of detention, the public security organs interrogate the detainees according to law. If they think they are not suspected of committing a crime, they should not be detained. They must be released immediately and issue a release certificate. If criminal detention continues, the case will enter the criminal proceedings, and then the criminal case will enter the trial proceedings. The court will judge whether the perpetrator is sentenced according to the specific circumstances. First of all, we should know that family members are not allowed to visit during criminal detention. What can be done includes preparing basic clothes for the perpetrators and bringing the detention notice to the detention center at the first time. Family members should consult a professional criminal lawyer as soon as possible, or hire a lawyer to meet the people involved in the detention at the detention center. Lawyers can roughly judge the trend of the case and plan the next measures and methods.

legal ground

Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 85 When a public security organ detains a person, it must produce a detention permit. After detention, the detained person shall be immediately sent to the detention center for custody, and shall not exceed twenty-four hours. Unless it is impossible to notify or the notification of suspected crimes endangering national security or terrorist activities may hinder the investigation, the family members of the detained person shall be notified within 24 hours after detention. After the circumstances that hinder the investigation disappear, the family members of the detained person shall be notified immediately.

Article 91 If a public security organ deems it necessary to arrest a detained person, it shall, within three days after detention, submit it to the People's Procuratorate for examination and approval. Under special circumstances, the approval time can be extended by one to four days. For major suspects who commit crimes on the run, commit crimes many times or commit crimes in collusion, the time for submitting for examination and approval may be extended to 30 days. The people's procuratorate shall, within seven days after receiving the approval letter from the public security organ, make a decision on whether to approve or disapprove the arrest. If the people's procuratorate does not approve the arrest, the public security organ shall immediately release it after receiving the notice and promptly notify the people's procuratorate to execute it. Those who need to continue the investigation and meet the conditions of obtaining a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance shall be granted a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance according to law.