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Procedural Violations: Cannot Condone “Lawlessness By Police”: Delhi HC Orders Execution Of Guidelines On Inter-State Investigation & Arrest

Lawstreet Journal 14 Jan 2020 4:31pm

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Taking vigilant view on the instances of violation of the procedure for interstate investigation and arrest of persons located in another state and union territory by the police, the division bench of Delhi HC comprising Justices S Muralidhar and Talwant Singh in the case of Sandeep Kumar v. The State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) ordered for stricter implementation of recommendations proposed by a committee which was instituted by the court last year. The Committee had retired High Court judge, SP Garg and IPS officer, Kanwaljeet Deol as its members. The judgement to this effect was delivered on January 12, 2020. 

The Committee had been tasked to inquire into the conduct of police officials from police stations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh over the detention of a couple from their home in the campus of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi.

Facts of the case are as following:

Sandeep Kumar had filed writ of Habeas Corpus in the Delhi HC for the release of his wife (Nisha) who was taken away by the Uttar Pradesh police from his JNU residence. They both had married after Nisha converted herself from Islam to Hinduism. Her family had objected to their marriage and her brother had filed complaint in the Ghaziabad police alleging that his sister had gone missing. Sub Inspector (SI) Sharma with his team had come to Delhi from UP and with connivance of local Delhi Police officials, they entered in JNU campus where the coupled used to stay. They both were taken into custody, while Nisha was handed over to her… Continue Reading...


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