S.

41

Essent
ial
condi
ti
onsf
orar
rest
.—

(
1)Commi
ssi
onofcogni
zabl
eof
fenceorr
easonabl
ecompl
aintconcer
ningi
t;

(2)reasonabl
esuspi
cion(
i.
e.,f
oundedonsomedef
ini
tef
act
s)butnotbar
esuspi
cionor
surmise;or

(3)credi
blei
nfor
mati
on(i.
e.,suf
fi
cient
lyl
i
kelytobebeli
evabl
eandf
rom r
eli
abl
esour
ce)ofa
person’
shavi
ngbeenconcernedi
nanycognizabl
eof
fence;and

(4)pol
icet
oexerci
seofpersonalresponsi
bil
i
tyandper
sonalj
udgmenti
nmaki
ngar
restwi
thout
r
eli
anceonthebeli
efofanyotherperson.

Fr
om apl ai
nr eadingofthesect
ion41oft heCode,i tisevidentthataper sonaccusedof
of
fencepunishablewit
himpri
sonmentforater
m whichmaybel essthanseveny earsorwhich
mayextendt osevenyear
swithorwit
houtfi
ne,cannotbearrestedbythepoli
ceof fi
ceronl
yon
i
tssati
sfact
ionthatsuchper
sonhadcommi t
tedtheoffencepunishabl
easaforesaid.

Poli
ceofficerbefor
ear r
est,insuchcaseshasto befurt
hersati
sfi
edthatsuchar
resti
s
necessar
yt opr
eventsuchpersonf
rom commi
tt
inganyf
urt
heroff
ence;or

f
orpr
operi
nvest
igat
ionoft
hecase;
or

toprev
enttheaccusedfr
om causi
ngt
heev
idenceoft
heof
fencet
odi
sappear
;ort
amper
ing
wi
thsuchev
idenceinanymanner
;or

topr ev
entsuchpersonfr
om makinganyi nducement
,thr
eatorpromisetoawi t
nesssoast o
dissuadehimf r
om discl
osingsuchf act
stot heCourtorthepoliceoff
icer
;orunlesssuch
accusedpersonisar r
est
ed,hispresenceintheCourtwheneverrequi
redcannotbeensured
[
Ar neshKumarvStateofBihar
,AI
R2014SC2756: 2014.

Cl
ause(
a).

Aft
eritsamendmentsub-secti
on( 1)
(a)ofsecti
on41pr ovi
desthatanypol
i
ceoffi
cermay
wit
houtanorderfrom aMagistr
ateandwithoutawarrant
,arr
estanyper
sonwhocommitsa
cogni
zabl
eoffenceinthepresenceofapol i
ceoffi
cer
.Itdoesnotappl
ytoanon-
cogni
zabl
e
off
ence.

Reasonabl
esuspi
cion.
—

Nodef i
nit
ionispossibleofwhati sar easonabl
ecomplaintorr easonabl
esuspici
onasi t
dependssomuchont hespecialf
actsofeachcase.Reasonablemeansabonaf i
debeliefthat
anof f
encehadbeencommi t
tedorisabouttobecommitted.Forexampl e,
Complai
ntofr apeis
suffi
cientgroundofsuspi
cion[Mahadeo,21ALJ791:AI R1924Al l201].Sopoli
cecanar resta
personaccusedofr apewit
houtwarrant.
Cl
ause(
b).
—

Eachoft hesti
pulati
onsi nsub-clauses( i
i)
(a)to(ii
)(e)insection41( 1),i
smut uall
yexcl usi
v e.
Eveni fonespeci f
iedreasonappeal st othepol i
ceof f
icerforar r
esti
ngt heper soninvolv edin
commi ssionoft hestatedof f
ences-wher et hepoliceof f
icerhasr easont obel i
evet hatt he
personhascommi tt
edt heoffence,isgoodenought oempowerhi mt oarresttheaccused.
Indeed,hei sexpectedt oandmustr ecordhi sreason(s)inwr i
ti
ngwhi chinfluencedhi mt o
arresttheperson.Thathecanr ecordev enatthet i
meofar r
estoft hatperson.Theexpr ession
“whilemakingsuchar rest”l
eavesnomannerofdoubtt hatitwoul dmean“ atthet i
meofmaki ng
such ar r
est”or“ duri
ng thear restinstantl
y”.Itcanber ecor ded contempor aneousl
y[ Afak
ShabbirKhanvSt ateofMahar asht r
a,2013Bom CR( Cri
)24] .

Cl
ause(
ba)
.—

Anypol i
ceof fi
cermaywi t
houtanor derfrom aMagist
rateandwi thoutawarrant,ar
restany
person againstwhom cr edi
bleinformati
on has been recei
ved thathe has commi tt
ed a
cognizableoffencepuni
shabl
ewi t
hi mpri
sonmentforat erm whichmayextendt omor ethan
seveny earswhet herwi
thorwi t
houtf i
neorwi t
hdeathsent enceandt hepol
iceof f
icerhas
reasont obeli
ev eonthebasisofthatinformati
onthatsuchper sonhascommi ttedthesaid
offence.

Cl
ause(
c).
—

R/
wsect
ion82.

Cl
ause(
d).
—R/
ws.411-
415I
PC

Cl
ause(
e).
—

Obst
ruct
ionorescape(
sect
ions186,
224&225,
Indi
anPenal
Code,
1860)
.

Cl
ause(
f).
—

Desert
edfr
om Army[seesect
ion105,ArmyAct,46of1950;fr
om nav
y[seesect
ion84,Nav
y
Act,
1957]
;fr
om Ai
rForce[
seesect
ion106,Ai
rForceAct
,1950]
.

Cl
ause(
g).
—

Section23oft heExtr
aditi
onAct ,appli
eswhenanar restismadeundercl ause( g)wi t
hout
warrantofcourtbutont hepol iceoffi
cer’
sownr esponsibi
li
ty.Sounderthisclausepolicecan
arr
estanyper son wit
houtwar rantagainstwhom r easonable complai
ntmadeorcr edibl
e
i
nformationreceivedorr easonablesuspi ci
onexi st
st hathecommi tt
edanactout si
deI ndia
whichwoul dhav ebeenpuni shableifcommi tteedinI ndi
a.Soi ncaseof' r
edcor nernot ice'
againstany fugiti
ve cri
mi nalpol i
ce can ar r
estany per son withoutwarrantofr eceived
i
nformationthatpersonisstay i
ngwi t
hinhislocali
ty.
Cl
ause(
i)
-

Itisintendedt omeett hecasewher etheaccusedhasabscondedf r

om thejur
isdict
ionoft he
i
nvestigatingofficertot hatofanotherpol
icestation.Thatomeper soncommi tteedcrimei n
cutt
ackandhi dei nBhubaneswar .SoiftheBhubaneswarpol icegotwrit
tenoror alr
equi si
tion
fr
om pol iceofcut t
ackt oarrestthenincaseofcogni zabl
eof f
encehecanal soar resthi m
wit
houtwar rant.Requisiti
onmaybemadet hrought el
ephoneorwi rel
essbutt heparticulars
mustbespeci fi
edwhom t oarr
estunderwhatoffence.

Sub-
sect
ion(
2).
—

I
nnoncogni
zabl
eof
fenceaper
sonmaybear
rest
edunderawar
rantoror
derofaMagi
str
ate.

Lawmandat esthepoliceof f
icertost atet hef actsandr ecor dther easonsinwr i
tingwhi chled
himt ocomet oaconcl usioncov eredbyanyoft heprovisi
onsundersect i
on41oft heCode,
whi l
emaki ngsuchar rest.Law f urt
herr equi r
est hepol i
ceof fi
cerstor ecordther easonsi n
writi
ngf ornotmakingt hear r
est.Inf act,bef orear r
est,firstt hepoliceoffi
cersshoul dhav e
reasont obeli
eveonthebasi sofi nformat ionandmat erialthatt heaccusedhascommi ttedthe
offence.Arrestofaccusedwi t
houtr ecordi ngr easonsisav i
olati
onnotonl yoft hepr ovisi
ons
undersection41ofCodeofCr iminalPr ocedur e,1973.butal soav i
olationoffundament alri
ght
guaranteedunderArti
cle21oft heConst i
tutionofI ndi
a[N.Rat nakumar ivStateofOdisha, 2014
CrLJ4433( Ori
)]
.

Ther egist
rati
onofFI Rundersect ion154oft heCodeandar r
estofanaccusedper sonunder
secti
on41ar etwoent ir
elydif f
erentthings.Itisnotcor recttosayt hatjustbecauseFI Ris
regi
stered,theaccusedper soncanbear restedimmedi at
ely.Itist heimagi naryfeart
hat‘mer el
y
becauseFI Rhasbeenr egister
ed,i twouldrequirearr
estoft heaccusedandt herebyleadingto
l
ossofhi sr eputati
on”andi tshoul dnotbeal l
owedt ohol dt hatr egistr
ati
onofFI Ri snot
mandat orytoav oidsuchinconv eniencet osomeper sons.Ther emedyl i
esi nstri
ctl
yenf orci
ng
thesaf eguardsav ai
labl
eagai nstar bi
tr
aryar r
estsmadebyt hepol i
ceandnoti nall
owi ngthe
poli
cet oav oidmandat or
yr egistr
ationofFIRwhent heinformat i
ondi sclosescommi ssionofa
cognizableoffence[Lali
taKumar ivGovt.ofUP, AIR2014SC187

Whereanaccusedhasbeeni mpli
cat
edinacasepuni shabl
ewithuptosevenyears,t
hearrestof
theaccusedmaynotbenecessar yattheinit
ialst
ageandhi satt
endancemaybesecur edby
i
ssuinganoticet ohimtoappearbef or
ethepol i
ceoffi
cerasprov
idedundersection41Aoft he
CodeofCr i
mi nalProcedure,1973.I
nsuchcasesi twoul dbeadvisabl
etoarresttheaccused
onlyaft
ersuf
f i
cientevi
denceofhi si
nvolv
ementi nthecri
mehasbeencol l
ect
edandt hecharge
sheetneedstobesubmi tted[Shauki
nvSt at
eofUP, 2011(11)ADJ249].

Thesecti
onconf
ersver
ywidepowersonthepol
i
cei norderthattheymayactswi
ft
lyfort
he
prev
ent
ionordet
ecti
onofcogni
zabl
eoff
enceswi
thoutt
hef or
mal i
tyanddel
ayofhavi
ngtogo
toaMagistr
atefororderofarr
est.Court
sshouldthereforebepar t
icul
arlyvigi
l
anttoseet hatthe
powersarenotinanywayabusedorl i
ghtl
yusedf orthesat i
sfacti
onofpr i
vatefeeli
ngsorof
desi
gningcomplainants.Asobservedinacase,t hear restanddet entionofper sonswithout
warr
antarenotmat ter
sofcapricebutaregovernedbyr ulesandpr i
nciplesclear
lylai
ddownby
l
aw.Toar r
estpersonswi t
houtj
ustif
icat
ioni
soneoft hemostser iousencroachment supont he
l
iber
tyofasubject.

I
tisonlyfortheInv
est i
gati
ngOffi
cert
oarrestornottoarrestthepeti
ti
oner
.Held,al
l
owi ng
pr
ayerforstayofarrestwouldamountt oint
erf
erenceininvest
igat
ionandwil
lbewi thout
j
uri
sdi
cti
on[MeeravSt ateofUP,2008CrLJ(NOC)935( Al
l
):2008( 4)ALJ120:2008(61)All
Cr
iC233].

I
nacasewher et heMagist
rat
epassedor derunderSection156( 3)t
or egi
steracaseand
i
nvesti
gat
ionagai
nstaccuseditwashel
dt hattherequestforstay
ingarr
estti
llsubmissi
onof
r
eportunderSect
ion173oftheCodewaspr ematureandthattheremedywouldbeav ail
abl
eto
t
heaccusedonlywhenthecasewouldberegist
eredandinvesti
gati
onwouldbeinprogress.

Ri
ghtofar
rest
edper
son—Gui
del
i
nes.
—

(1)
Anar rest
edpersonbeingheldincustodyi senti
tl
ed,ifhesor equeststohaveonefr
iend,
rel
ati
veorotherpersonwhoisknownt ohim orli
kel
ytotakeaninteresti
nhiswel
far
etol
dasf ar
asispracti
cabl
ethathehasbeenarrestedandwhereisbeingdetained;

(2)ThePol
iceOf
fi
cershal
linf
ormt
hear
rest
edper
sonwhenhei
sbr
oughtt
othePol
i
ceSt
ati
on
ofthi
sri
ght
;

(3)Anent ryshal lber equi

r edtobemadei nt heDi
aryast owhowasi nformedoft hearrest.
Thesepr otecti
onsf rom powermustbehel dt of l
owf
rom Arts.21and22(
1)andenf or
cestri
ct l
y.
Itshallbet hedutyoft heMagi str
ate,bef
orewhom t hearrestedper
sonispr oduced,tosatisfy
himselfthatt heser equir
ement shav ebeencompl i
edwi t
h.Theabov erequi r
ementsshallbe
foll
owedi nallcasesofar resttil
llegalpr
ovisionsar
emadei nthi
sbehal
f.Theser equirements
shallbei nadditi
ont other ight
soft hearrestedpersonsfoundinthevariousPol i
ceManual s
[JoginderKumarv .StateofU. P.
,AIR1994SC1349]

I
nDKBasuvSt at
eofWestBengalt heSupremeCourtconsider
editappropri
atetoi
ssuet he
f
oll
owi
ngrequi
rementst
obefollowedinallcasesofar
restordet
ent
ionti
lllegalpr
ovi
sionsare
madei
nthatbehal
faspr
event
ivemeasures:

(1)Thepoliceper
sonnelcar r
yingoutthearrestandhandli
ngt heint
errogat
ionoft hearrest
ee
shouldbearaccurate,
visi
bleandclearident
if
icat
ionandnamet agswiththei
rdesignati
ons.The
parti
cular
sofal lsuchpol i
ceper sonnelwhohandl eint
errogati
onoft hear r
esteemustbe
recordedinaregi
ster.
(2)
Thatthepoli
ceoffi
cercar
ryi
ngoutt hearr
estoft
hearresteeshal
lprepareamemoofar rest
attheti
meofar r
est.Suchmemoshal lbeattest
edbyatl
eastonewitnesswhomaybeei t
hera
memberoft hefamilyofthearrest
eeorar espect
abl
eper sonofthel ocali
tyfrom wher
et he
arr
estismade.Itshallal
sobecount ersi
gnedbythearresteeandshal lcontai
nthetimeand
dateofarr
est
.

(3)Apersonwhohasbeenar rest
edordetainedandisbeingheldincust odyinapolicestat
ion
orinter
rogati
oncent
reorotherlock-
up,shallbeenti
tl
edtohaveonef r
iendorr el
ati
veorother
personknownt ohim orhavi
nginter
estinhiswelfar
ebeinginformed,assoonaspr act
icable,
thathehasbeenar rest
edandi sbeingdetainedattheparti
cularplace,unlesstheattest
ing
witnessofthememoofar r
estishimsel
fsuchaf r
iendorarel
ati
veofthear restee.

(
4)Theti
me,placeofarrestandvenueofcustodyofanar resteemustbenoti
fiedbythepol
ice
wheret
henextf ri
endorr el
ati
veoft hearr
esteeli
vesoutsidethedist
ri
ctortownt hr
oughthe
l
egalAi
dOrganisati
onintheDistr
ictandthepoli
cestat
ionoftheareaconcer
nedt el
egr
aphi
call
y
wi
thi
naperi
odof8t o12hoursafterthearr
est
.

(5)
Thepersonarrest
edmustbemadeawar eoft hisri
ghttohav
esomeonei
nfor
medofhi
s
arr
estordet
ent
ionassoonhei
sputunderar
restorisdetai
ned.

(6)
Anentrymustbemadei nthediar
yatthepl
aceofdetent
ionregardingthearrestofthe
personwhichshal
lal
sodiscl
osethenameofthenextfr
iendoft heper sonwhohasbeen
i
nformedofthearr
estandthenamesandpar
ti
cul
arsoft
hepol i
ceoffi
cialsinwhosecustody
thearr
est
eeis.

(7)Thear r
esteeshould,wherehesor equest
s,bealsoexaminedatthetimeofhi sar r
estand
maj orandmi norinj
uries,i
fanypresentonhis/herbody,mustberecordedatt hattime.The
“Inspect
ionMemo”mustbesi gnedbot hbythear r
est
eeandt hepoli
ceof f
icereffecti
ngthe
arrestanditscopyprovidedtot
hearrest
ee.

(8)
Thearrest
eeshouldbesubj ect
edt omedicalexaminat
ionbytraineddoct
orever
y48hour s
duri
nghisdetenti
onincustodybyadoct oront hepanelofappr oveddoctor
sappoint
edby
Dir
ector
,Healt
hSer v
icesoftheconcer nedStareorUnionTerri
tory.Dir
ect
or,Heal
thServi
ces
shoul
dpreparesuchapanelforallTehsi
lsandDist
ri
ctsaswell
.

(
9)Copi
esofal
lthedocumentsi
ncl
udi
ngt
hememoofar
rest
,ref
err
edt
oabov
e,shoul
dbesent
t
otheIl
aqaMagist
rat
eforhi
srecor
d.

(
10)The arr
est
ee maybe permi
tt
ed t
o meethi
slawy
erdur
ing i
nter
rogat
ion,t
hough not
t
hroughoutt
heint
err
ogat
ion.

(11)
A policecontr
olroom shoul dbepr ovi
dedatallDistri
ctandSt ateheadquart
ers,where
i
nformati
on r egar
ding the arrest and the place of custody of the ar
rest
ee shallbe
communi catedbytheofficercausi
ngt hearrest
,wit
hin12hour sofeffect
ingthearrestandat
thepol
icecontrolr
oom itshouldbedisplayedonaconspicuousnoticeboard.
Fai
luretocomplywitht
herequi
rementsherei
nabovementi
onedshal
lapartf
rom renderi
ngt
he
concernedof
fi
cialli
abl
efordepartment
alaction,al
sorenderhi
ml i
abl
et obepuni shedfor
contemptofcourtandtheproceedi
ngsforcontemptofcourtmaybei nst
it
utedinanyHigh
Courtofthecountr
y,havi
ngter
rit
ori
alj
uri
sdict
ionovert
hemat t
er[DKBasuv .St
ateofWest
Bengal,AI
R1997SC610

InArneshKumar’
scase,t heSupr
emeCour tgavet
hefol
lowi
ngdir
ecti
onstoensurethatpol
ice
off
icer
sdonotarrestaccusedunnecessar
il
yandMagi
str
atedonotaut
hori
sedetent
ioncasuall
y
andmechanical
l
y:

(1)
Allt
heSt ateGovernmentstoinst
ructi
tspoli
ceoff
icer
snottoautomati
call
yarrestwhena
caseunderS.498- A-AoftheIndianPenalCodeisr
egist
eredbutt
osatisf
ythemselvesabout
thenecessit
yf orarr
estundertheparameter
slaiddownabov efl
owingfrom S.41,Codeof
Cri
minalProcedure;

(2)
Allpol
iceof
fi
cer
sbepr
ovi
dedwi
thacheckl
i
stcont
aini
ngspeci
fi
edsub-
clausesunderS.
41(1)
(b)(
ii)
;

(
3)Thepol i
ceof f
icershallfor
war
dt hecheckli
stdul
yf i
ll
ed and f
urni
sh t
hereasonsand
materi
alswhichnecessitat
edthearr
est,whi
lef
orwar
ding/
produci
ngtheaccusedbefor
ethe
Magist
rateforf
urtherdet
enti
on;

(4)
TheMagist
ratewhileauthor
isi
ngdetent
ionoftheaccusedshal
lper
usetherepor
tfur
nished
bythepol
i
ceof f
icerinter
msaf or
esai
dandonl yaft
errecor
dingi
tssat
isf
act
ion,t
heMagistr
ate
wil
laut
hor
isedetenti
on;

(5)Thedecisi
onnott oarr
estanaccused,i
stobef or
wardedtotheMagistratewi
thi
ntwoweeks
from thedateoftheinst
it
uti
onofthecasewithacopytot heMagi
strat
ewhi chmaybeext
ended
byt heSuperi
ntendentofPol
iceoftheDist
ri
ctf
orthereasonstoberecordedinwri
ti
ng;

(6)
Noticeofappearancei
ntermsofS.41AoftheCodeofCr iminalProcedurei
stobeser
vedon
theaccusedwithi
nt woweeksfrom t
hedateofinsti
tuti
onofthecase,whi chmaybeextended
bytheSuperi
ntendentofPol
iceoft
heDist
ri
ctforthereasonstober ecor
dedinwri
ti
ng;

(7)
Fail
uretocompl ywit
hthedi
recti
onsaforesaidshallapartfr
om render
ingthepoli
ceoff
icer
s
concer
nedliablef
ordepart
mentalacti
on,theyshallalsobel i
abletobepunishedforcont
empt
ofcourtt
obei nst
it
utedbef
oreHighCourthavingterr
it
orialj
uri
sdict
ion.

(8)
Author
isi
ngdetent
ionwit
houtrecor
dingr easonsasaforesai
dbythejudici
alMagi
str
ate
concer
nedshal
lbeli
ablef
ordepar
tment
al act
ionbytheappr
opriat
eHi
ghCourt
.

TheSupremeCour tcl
ari
fi
edthattheaforesai
ddir
ecti
onsshallnotonl
yapplytothecasesunder
S.498-A-AoftheIndi
anPenal CodeorS.4oft heDowryProhibi
ti
onAct,butal
sotosuchcases
whereoffencei
spunishabl
ewi t
himpr i
sonmentforaterm whichmaybel essthansevenyears
orwhichmayext endtoseveny ears;whetherwit
horwi t
houtf i
ne[ArneshKumarv .Stat
eof
Bihar
,AIR2014SC2756[
LNIND2014SC647]
:2014(
8)SCALE250[
LNI
ND2014SC647]:
(2014)8SCC273[
LNI
ND2014SC647]]
.

Sect ion41oft heCodeofCr i

mi nalPr ocedur e,1973pr ov i
desf orar r
estbyapol iceof f
icer
withoutanor derf r
om aMagi strateandwi thoutawar rant.Thesect i
ongi vesdiscretiont ot he
policeof ficerwhomay ,wi t
houtanor derf r
om aMagi strateandev enwi thoutawar r
ant ,arrest
anyper soni nthesi tuati
onsenumer atedi nt hatsect i
on.I ti sopent ohi m,inthecour seof
i
nv est i
gation,toar restanyper sonwhohasbeenconcer nedwi t
hanycogni zableof f
enceor
agai nstwhom r easonabl ecompl ainthasbeenmadeorcr edibleinformationhasbeenr eceived,
orar easonabl esuspi ci
onexi stsofhi shav i
ngbeensoconcer ned.Obv i
ously,heisnotexpect ed
toacti namechani calmannerandi nallcasest oarrestt heaccusedassoonast her epor tis
l
odged.I nappr opr i
atecases, aftersomei nvestigati
on, t
hei nvestigati
ngof fi
cermaymakeuphi s
mindast owhet heritisnecessar yt oarresttheaccusedper son.Att hatst agetheCour thasno
rol
et opl ay.Sincet hepoweri sdi scr eti
onar y
,apol i
ceof ficerisnotal way sboundt oar restan
accusedev enift heal l
egationagai nsthimi sofhav ingcommi tt
edacogni zableoffence.Si nce
anar restisint henat ureofanencr oachmentont hel i
bertyoft hesubj ectanddoesaf fectt he
reput ati
onandst at
usoft heci t
izen,t hepower ,hast obecaut i
ouslyexercised.Itdependsi nter
ali
aupont henat ur
eoft heof fenceal legedandt hety peofper sonswhoar eaccusedofhav ing
commi t
tedt hecogni zableof f
ence.Obv i
ously,thepowerhast obeexer ci
sedwi thcaut i
onand

ci
rcumspect
ion[
M.C.Abr
aham vSt
ate,
(2003)2SCC649

Wi l
fulexcessorunjusti
fi
ableuseofpower sundersection41ispuni
shable(sect
ion220Indian
Penal Code,1860)
.Thepowert oar
restmaybeexer ci
sedbeyondtheli
mitsofthepoli
ceoffi
cers
stati
on( secti
on48) .Procedureaft
erarrest(sect
ions56,57).Besidessection41t her
ear e
vari
ousAct sbyStatelegisl
atur
eprovi
dingforarr
estwithoutwarr
ant
.

Undersecti
on50anar rest
edpersonshal
lfor
thwit
hbei nformedoff ul
lpar
ti
cularsorot
her
gr
oundsforhisarr
estandincaseofot
herthannon-bai
lableoffenceheshal
lbeinformedt
hat
heisent
it
ledtoberel
easedonbai
landhemayarrangeforsur et
ies.

Ar
restofJudi
cial
Off
icer
—Gui
del
i
nesf
orPol
i
ce.
—

(
a)I
fajudici
alof
fi
ceri
stobearrestedf
orsomeoffence,i
tshoul
dbedoneunderi
nti
mat
iont
o
t
heDist
ri
ctJudgeort
heHighCourt,
asthecasemaybe.

(
b)I
ncasei
mmedi
atear
resti
snecessar
y,at
echni
cal
orf
ormal
arr
estmaybeef
fect
ed.

(c)Factofsucharrestshoul
dbei mmedi at
elycommunicat
edt
otheDi
str
ictandSessi
ons
Judgeoft
heDist
ri
ctandtheChiefJust
iceoftheHighCour
t.

(d)Thear
restedof
fi
cershal
lnotbetakentoapoli
cest
ationwit
houtt
hepr
ioror
derordi
rect
ion
oftheDi
str
ictandSessi
onsJudgeoftheconcer
nedDi
str
ict,i
fav
ail
abl
e.

(
e)I
mmedi
atef
aci
l
iti
esshal
lbepr
ovi
dedt
othej
udi
cialof
fi
cerf
orcommuni
cat
ionwi
thhi
s
f
ami
l
ymember
s,l
egal
adv
iser
sandj
udi
cial
off
icer
s,i
ncl
udi
ngt
heDi
str
ictandSessi
onsJudge.

(f
)Nost atementofanoffi
cerunderarr
estberecordednoranypanchanamabedr awnupnor
anymedi calt
estsbeconduct
edexceptinthepresenceofhislegaladv
iseroranot
herj
udi
cial
off
icerofequalorhi
gherr
ank,i
favai
labl
e.

(g)Thereshouldnormallybenohandcuf f
ingofaj udicialoff
icerandifiti
snecessaryinv er
y
excepti
onalci
rcumstancesasenumer at
ed,immediater eportshallbemadet otheDistr
ictand
SessionsJudgeandalsot otheChiefJusti
ceoftheHi ghCour t.Thesegui
deli
neshavenotbeen
heldtobeexhausti
ve[DelhiJudi
cialServ
iceAssoci
ation, Ti
sHazar iCour
tvStateofGujarat
,AIR
1991SC2176

UnderArti
cle22oftheConsti
tut
ion,anar
restedpersonshall
beinf
ormed,assoonasmaybe, of
thegroundofhisarr
estandheshallbegi
vent heri
ghttoconsul
tandtobedefendedbyalawyer
ofhischoice.Heshal
lalsobeproducedbeforethenearestMagi
str
atewi
thintwent
y-f
ourhours
ofsucharrest.

Ar
restoff
emal
e.—

Whilearresti
ngaf emal eper son,alleff
ortsshouldbemadet okeepal adyconstablepr esentbut
i
nci rcumstanceswher et heAr resti
ngOf fi
cerisreasonablysati
sfi
edt hatsuchpr esenceofa
l
adyconst ableisnotav ai
lableorpossi bleand/orthedelayinarr
esti
ngcausedbysecur ingt he
presenceofal adyconst ablewoul di mpedethecour seofinvest
igat
ion,suchAr r
estingOf f
icer
forreasonst ober ecordedei therbeforethearrestorimmediatel
yafterthearrestbeper mi tted
toarrestaf emaleper sonf orl awfulreasonsatanyt imeoft hedayorni ghtdependingont he
cir
cumst ancesoft hecaseev enwi thoutthepresenceofaladyconstable[Stat
eofMahar ashtra
vChr i
sti
anCommuni t
yWel f
areCounci lofIndi
a,AIR2004SC7

Ar
restandcust
ody
.—

Thet aking oft

heperson int
ojudi
ci
alcustodyisf ol
l
owed af
tert
hear
restoft
heper
son
concernedbytheMagi
strat
eonappearanceorsur
render
.

compensat
ionf
ori
l
legal
det
ent
ion.
—

Incaseofar rest,t
hepr ocedureshallbef oll
owedbyt hepoli
ceof fi
cer.I
ntheinstantcasethe
condit
ionsprecedentofpr ocedureofar r
estwer enotf ol
l
owedhencet hedi
gnit
yofpet i
ti
oners,
doctorand pr acti
sing advocate,bothladi es was seri
ousl
yj eopardi
sed and t
he li
bertyof
peti
ti
onerwascur t
ailed.Stat
ewasdi rectedt opaycompensat i
onofRs.Fi veLakhsgrantedto
eachoft hem.[Dr.Ri
ni JoharvStateofMP, AIR2016SC2679