Legal awareness, built for India
Themis
a legal assistant that understands not just the law,
but how it actually lives.
Themis understands how courts read the law, how procedure unfolds, and what actually helps — so you know where you stand, and what to do next.
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A conversation, not a search
It asks the right questions, then builds the picture with you.
Watch a real situation unfold. Themis listens, clarifies, explains what's likely to happen, and produces a structured summary you can take to a lawyer.
Themis · Case ModeCriminal
You
My brother was arrested last night in Pune. They didn’t show a warrant. We haven’t been told why. What do we do?
Themis
I’m sorry — that’s a hard night. Before I can map this out, one thing: has he been produced before a Magistrate yet, or is he still at the police station?
You
Still at the station. It’s been about 11 hours.
Themis
Okay. The clock matters here. Under Article 22(2), he must be produced before a Magistrate within 24 hours of arrest. Two things to do in parallel: (1) get an arrest memo and ask for a copy of the FIR — you’re entitled to both. (2) Line up a criminal lawyer for the first production. At that hearing, police will ask for remand. Your counsel can oppose remand and move for bail under Section 480 BNSS if the offence is non‑bailable.
Themis
Quick question so I can sharpen this: do you know what he’s alleged to have done? Even roughly — property, assault, cheating, narcotics — it changes what the Magistrate will weigh.
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What's different
A statute is a skeleton. Themis fills in the body.
Most search tools give you the text of the law. That's the easy part. The hard part — what a judge actually weighs, how the local bar typically runs procedure, what paperwork moves the needle — is where Themis lives.
What the statute says
Section 480 BNSS. When any person accused of, or suspected of, the commission of any non-bailable offence is arrested or detained without warrant by an officer in charge of a police station… he may be released on bail, but such person shall not be so released if there appear reasonable grounds for believing he has been guilty of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life… the court may impose any condition which it considers necessary…
What actually decides your bail
The statute sets the rules. The judge weighs the facts.
01How serious is the alleged offence — and what sentence does it carry?
02Does the accused have local roots — family, employment, property?
03Is there a credible risk of tampering with witnesses or evidence?
04What’s the stage of investigation, and what’s the prosecutor’s position?