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CHANDRAMAUL
IKR.
PRAS
AD,
J.:

 Thepetit
ione
ra pp
rehendshisarr
estinacaseund
erSecti
on498-
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act
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heCa
se:

 Thepeti
tio
ne rhap
penstobethehusban
do fRes
pondent2,SwetaKir
an.Themarri
agebe
tweenthemwas
sol
emni
zedon1 -
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leg
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ledbythewifeagai
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ntisthatdemandofrupe
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ght
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rwo man.
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egedtha
tshewa sdri
venoutofthematri
monia
lhomed uetonon
-fu
lfi
lment
o
fthedemandofd o
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ngth
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gat
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erv
ation
sofCour
tonCa
sesoftheOffe
n c
eofCrue
ltyu
nderS
ecti
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ein
gus
eda
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apo
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the
r
th
anshi
eldbyd
isg
run
tle
dwive
saga
instt
heirhus
ban
dsandt
hei
rrel
ati
ves
:

 Therei sap heno menalincr

ea s
ei nma tri
mo niald isputesi nr ec
enty ears.Thei nstituti
o nofma rri
ageis
greatl
yr ev er
edi nthiscountry.S ectio
n49 8-AI PCwa si n
t r
oducedwi tha vowe do bjecttoc omb atthe
menaceo fh arassme n
tt oawo mana ttheh a ndso fh erh usbandandh isrelatives.Thef a c
tt hatS ectio
n
498-AI PCi sac ognizabl
ea ndn on -b
ail
a bleo ffen ceh asl entitad ubi
ousp l
aceo fp ri
dea mo ngstthe
provis
ionst ha
ta reu sedaswe aponsr athert hans hieldbyd isgr
untledwives.Thes implestwa yt oh aras
sis
togett heh usbanda ndhisrelativesa rr
es tedu nd ert hisprovis
ion.Inaq uitenumb ero fc a
ses,b edri
dden
grandfathersa ndg randmotherso ft heh usba nds,t heirs i
stersliv
inga broadf ord ecadesa rea r
rested.
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mei nIn di
a2 012S tati
stics
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s t
ryo fHomeAf fair
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showsa rrestof1 ,97,
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be ral
lyi n
clu
de di nthei
r
arrestne t
. I
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t alpe rsonsa rrestedundert hecrimesc ommit t
e dundert hePe nal
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countsf or4.5%oft otalcrimesc ommi tte dunde rdiffere
nts ecti
onso fthePe na lCod
e, morethan
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ge-sheeti
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e sunderS ection498 -AIPCis
ashigha s93.6
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et h
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kelytor esultinacquit
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 Arrestbri
ngshumil
iatio
n ,
curtai
lsfr
eedomandc astssc
arsfor
ever
.Lawmakersknowitsoal
sothep oli
ce.
Thereisab at
tlebetwe enthelawmaker
sa n
dt hep ol
ic
ea ndi
tseemsthatthep ol
icehasno
tlearn tit
s
l
e s
son:theles
sonimp l
ic
ita ndembodi
edinCrPC .Ithasnotcomeoutofitsc o
lonia
limagedespites i
x
decadesofindependence,itislar
gelycon
sidereda sat o
olofhara
ssment,oppressi
onandsurelyn o
t
cons
ideredaf ri
endo fpu b
lic
.Theneedforca u
t i
oninexerci
si
ngthedras
ticp o
we rofarre
sth asb e
en
emphasi
sedtimea nda gai
nb ythecourt
sb utha snotyiel
deddes
ire
dr es
ult.Powert oarr
estg reatl
y
 co
ntri
butestoit
sa r
roga
ncesoal
soth
efai
lur
eoftheMa g
istr
acytoch
eckit.
Noton
lyth
is,
thepowero
f
ar
restisoneofthelu
crat
iveso
urc
esofpo
li
cecor
rupti
onTh
. eatti
tud
et oarr
estf
irs
tandthenpro
cee
d
wit
ht h
er es
tisdespi
cabl
e.Ith
asbec
omeahand
yt o
oltothepol
ic
eoffic
erswhol
ackse
nsi
tivi
tyoract
wit
hobli
quemoti
ve.

 La
wC ommiss
ions
,Poli
ceCo mmi
ssi
onsandthisCour
tinalargenumberofju
dgment
semphas
ise
dt en
h eedto
mai
ntainabalanc
eb etweenindi
vidu
allibert
ya ndsoc
ietalor
d erwhi
leexer
cis
ingth
epowero fa
rres
t.
Pol
ic
eo ff
icer
sma kearrestastheybeli
evet h
att h
eyp o
sses
st hepowertodoso.
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stcur
tai
ls
fr
eedom,br
ingshumi
lia
tionandca
stsscar
sf or
ever,wefeeldi
ffe r
ent
ly.

 Web eli
evet hatnoa rres
ts ho
uldbema deonl
yb ecausetheoffenceisn o
n-ba
ilab
lea n
dc og
nizabl
ea n
d
ther
efore,l
a wfulforthepoli
ceoffi
cerstodoso.Theexist
enceoft hepowert oarres
tisonet hi
ng,th
e
jus
tifi
cationf o
rtheexer ci
seofitisqui
teanother.Apar
tf ro
mt hepowert oarr
est,th
epo l
iceoffi
cers
mustbeablet ojus
tifythereaso
nsthereo
f.Noarres
tc anb
ema deinar o
utinemanneroname r
ea l
lega
tio
n
ofcommiss
iono fanoffencemadeagain
stape r
son.I
two ul
db epru
de ntandwiseforapo l
ic
eo ffi
certha
t
noa r
resti sma dewi thoutar eas
onabl
es ati
sfactio
nr each
eda fters omei n
vesti
gatio
na st ot h
e
genu
inenes
so fthealleg
ation
.
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itet h
isleg alposi
t i
on,thelegi
sl
atured i
dn otfinda n
yi mpro
v ement.Numberso farresthaven o
t
de
creased.

 Ul
timatel
y,Parli
amentha dtoint
erven
ea ndonther ec
ommenda
tionofthe177thRe por
to ftheL a
w
Commiss
ionsubmit
tedintheyear200
1,Sec
tio
n41oftheCo d
eofCrimin
alProc
edure(fo
rshort“Cr
PC”),
in
th
epr esentformcametob eenac
ted.I
tisinte
resti
ngtonotethatsuc
harecommendati
onwasma deby
th
eL awCo mmiss
ioninit
s1 52
ndand154thReportsubmi
ttedasbackinth
ey ear19
94.Thevalu
eo fthe
pr
o po
rti
onali
typermeatesth
ea me
ndmentrel
ati
ngtoarre
st.

Po
we ro
fPo l
ic
eOf
fic
ert
oAr
res
twi
tho
utwa
rra
nt-S
ect
ion41o
fCr
PCi
fAc
cus
edi
sCh
arg
edu
nde
rSe
cti
on
49
8-AofIPC:

 Asth
eo ff
encewi
thwh i
chweareco
ncern
edinth
ep r
esenta
ppeal
,pr
ovide
sf o
ramaxi
mumpun
ishme
nto
f
i
mpri
sonmentwhi
chmaye xt
endtosev
eny e
arsandfi
ne,Se
cti
on41(
1)(
b)CrPCwhi
chi
srel
evan
tf o
rth
e
pu
rpos
er e
adsasfol
lo
ws:

“
41.Wh enpolicema ya rr
e s
twi thoutwa rr
a n
t.—(1)Anyp ol
iceoffi
cermaywi t
houtanorderfromaMa gis
trate
a
ndwi thoutawa r
rant,arre
sta n
yp erson—
(
a)***
(
b)a ga i
nstwh omar easonabl
ec o
mpl ai
nth asb eenma de,orcredi
b l
einformati
onhasb eenrecei
ved,ora
r
easona bl
es uspic
ionexistst ha
th eh ascommi tt
edac o gn
izableoffenc
epu ni
shabl
ewithimpriso
nmentf o
ra
t
ermwh ic
hma ybel essthan7y earsorwh ichma yext endto7y earswh e
therwithorwi th
outfine,i
ft he
f
oll
owin gcon
d i
t i
onsaresa t
isfi
ed, n
ame l
y—
(
i)* **
(
i)t
i hepo l
iceo ffi
cerissatisf
iedt hatsucharrestisnecessar
y—
(
a)topr even
ts uchpersonfromcommi tti
nga n
yf urtheroffence;o
r
(
b)forp ro
peri nvest
igati
ono ftheoffe n
ce;or
(
c)t
op revents uchp e
rsonf ro
mc aus
ingt hee vi
de n
ceo ft heoffencetodisappearortamperin
gwi thsuch
e
videnceinan yma nner
;or
(
d)top revents uc
hp ersonfromma kinganyi n
d uc
e ment
,t hr
e a
to rpromi
setoa nypers
ona cq
uaint
edwi ththe
f
actso ftheca sesoastod i
ssuadeh i
mf romdisclo
singsuchfactstothecou
rtortothepoli
ceoffic
er;o
r
(
e)asun l
esssuchp erso
nisa r
rested,hispresenceinthecourtwh e
neverrequ
iredcann
otbee n
sured,
a
ndt hepolic
eo fficershallr
ecordwh il
ema kingsucharrest,hi
sreasonsi
nwr i
ting
:

Pr
ovi
dedt
hatap
oli
ceo
ffi
cers
hal
l,i
nal
lca
seswh
eret
hea
rre
sto
fap
ers
oni
sno
tre
qui
redu
nde
rth
e
p
rov
isi
onso
fth
iss
ub-
sec
tio
n,r
eco
rdt
her
eas
onsi
nwr
iti
ngf
orn
otma
kin
gth
ear
res
t.
”

 Fromap lai
nr eadingo ft hea fo
resaidp r
ovis
ion,itise v
ide n
tt hatape r
sona cc
usedofa noffenc
e
punish
a bl
ewi thimpr is
onmen tf o
rat ermwh ichma ybelesst hansevenyearsorwh i
chmayexten dt
o
seveny earswi t
ho rwithoutf in
e,cannotbea r
restedbyt hepo l
ic
eo ffi
ceronl
yonh i
ssati
sfac
tiontha
t
suchper s
onha dcommittedt heoffencepunis
hableasaforesaid.
 Ap ol
iceof f
icerbeforearr est
,insuc
hc ase
shastob efurt
hers ati
sfi
edt h
at:
 sucharrestisnecessarytop reven
tsu c
hp er
sonfromcommittinganyfurt
heroffenc
e;or
 forproperinvestigat
iono fthecase;or
 top r
eve n
tt heaccusedfromc ausi
ngthee v
idenc
eo ftheoffencetodisap
pear;o
r
 tamperingwiths uc
he vi
de nceinanymanner;or
 top r
eve ntsuchpersonf romma ki
nga n
yi nd
ucement,thr
eato rpromis
et oawitnesssoastodi
ssua
d ehi
m
fromdisclos
ingsuchfactst othecourtorthepoli
ceoffic
er;or
 unl
e s
ss uchaccuse
dp ersonisarreste
d ,
hispresen
ceinthecourtwh en
everrequ
iredcan
notbeens
ured.

Th
esea
ret
hec
onc
lus
ion
s,wh
icho
nema
yre
achb
ase
donf
act
s.

 Thel
awmand
atesthepol
iceo
ffic
ertos
tatethefact
sa n
dr eco
rdthereason
sinwri
tingwh
ichledhi
mto
co
metoacon
clus
ionco
veredb
ya n
yofth
eprovi
sio
nsaforesaid
,whil
ema k
ingsuc
harr
est.
 Thel
awfu
rtherreq
uir
esthepo
li
ceof
fic
erstor
ecordtherea
s o
nsinwri
tingfo
rnotmaki
ngth
ea r
r e
st.

I
npi
thandco
re,thepol
iceof
ficerb
efo
rea
rre
stmu
stpu
taq
ues
tio
ntoh
ims
elf
,
 whyarr
est?
 Isi
treal
lyrequi
red?
 Whatpurpo
seitwills
erve?
 Whatobj
ectitwill
achi
eve?

I
tisonl
yaft
ertheseque
stio
nsareaddress
eda ndon
eortheothe
rcondi
tio
nsasen
umerat
edaboveiss
ati
sfi
ed,
t
hep o
werofarrestneedstobee xerc
ised.Befo
rearres
t,fir
stthepo l
ic
eoffi
cer
sshoul
dh av
ereaso
nt o
b
eli
eveonth
ebasisofin
format
ionandma t
er i
alth
attheaccu
sedhascommit
tedt
heoffenc
e.Apartf
romthi
s,
t
hepoli
ceoffi
cerhastob esat
isfie
df urtherthatth
ea rr
estisnecess
aryfo
ro n
eo rthemorepur
poses
e
nvis
agedb
ysub-c
laus
es(a)t
o(e)o
fc l
ause(i
i)ofSec
tio
n41(1
)(
b)ofCr
PC.

Co
nst
itu
tio
nal
andS
tat
uto
ryRi
ghto
fAc
cus
eda
rre
ste
dwi
tho
utwa
rra
nt:

 Anac
cusedar
rest
edwi th
outwarr
antb ythepol
ic
ehasthecon
sti
tuti
ona
lrigh
tunde
rArti
cl
e2 2
(2)ofthe
Co
nsti
tut
ionofI
ndiaandSect
ion5
7Cr PCtobeprodu
cedbef
oretheMagi
stra
tewith
outu
nnec
essar
yd e
lay
an
dinnoci
rcu
mstance
sb e
yond24hou
rse xc
lud
ingth
et i
menec
essa
ryforthejo
urn
ey:

Duri
ngtheco
urs
eofinves
tig
atio
nofacas
e,anacc
usedc
anb
ekeptind
etenti
onbey
ondaper
iodo
f24h
our
s
on
lywheniti
sauth
ori
sedbytheMag
ist
rat
einexerc
iseo
fpo
werund
erSect
ion16
7CrPC.
:

 Thepowertoauth
ori
sedeten
tioni
saverys
olemnf
uncti
on.
Itaffe
ctsthel
iber
tyandf
reedo
mofci
tizen
s
an
dn eedstobeexerc
ise
dwi t
hg r
eatc
areandcau
tion
.Ourexper
ienc
et e
llsust
hati
tisnotexe
rcis
ed
withtheseri
ous
nessitdes
erves.I
nmanyofthecas
es,det
enti
onisauth
oris
edinarou
tin
e,c
asuala
nd
ca
v al
ierma
n n
er.

 Befor
eaMa g
istr
ateautho
ris
esd et
enti
onunderSect
ion167CrPC,h
eh astobef i
rstsati
sfiedtha
tt he
arr
estmadeislega
landinac
corda
ncewithlawandal
lthecon
sti
tuti
onal(
&s ta
tutor
y )
righ
tsoft h
eperson
arr
estedaresati
sfi
ed.Ifth
ea r
resteffec
tedbythepoli
ceoffi
cerdoe
sn otsat
isfytherequi
rementsof
Sect
ion41oft h
eCo d
e,Magis
trateisduty
-boundn
ottoa u
thor
isehi
sf u
r t
herdetenti
onandre l
eas
et he
acc
used.I
notherwords,
whenana c
cuse
dispr o
duce
db e
foretheMagis
trate,th
epo l
iceoffi
cereffec
t i
ng
 t
hear
resti
sr e
quir
edtofurn
ishtotheMag i
stra
te,thefact
s,reas
onsanditsco
ncl
u s
ion
sforar
resta
nd
t
heMagi
str
ateintur
nistob
es at
isf
iedth
a tthecon
diti
onpreced
entforarr
estunderSec
tio
n41CrPCh
as
b
eens
ati
sfie
da n
ditison
lyt
hereaft
erthathewillau
thori
sethedeten
tio
nofa nac
cused.

 TheMa gi
stra
t ebeforeauthori
sin
gd etenti
onwillreco
rdh i
sowns ati
sfacti
on,maybeinb riefbutthe
sa
ids at
isfac
tionmustr efl
ectfromh i
so r
der.Itshal
lneverbeb as
edu p
ont heipsedi
xito fthep o
li
ce
of
f i
cer,
forexamp l
e,i
ncaset h
ep o
lic
eoff i
cercon
sider
st h
ea r
restnece
ssarytopreven
tsuchp ers
onfrom
co
mmi t
tinganyfurth
ero f
f e
nceorforproperinvest
igati
onofthecaseorforpreventi
ngana cc
usedfrom
tamperi
ngwitheviden
ceo rmakin
ginducement,e
tc.thepol
iceoffi
cershal
lfurnis
ht ot
heMa gistr
atethe
fact
s,thereason
sa n
dma teri
alsonthebasisofwhichthepol
iceoffi
cerhadreachedit
sconclus
ion.Th
ose
sh
a l
lbeper usedb yt h
eMa gi
strat
ewh i
lea utho
ris
ingt h
ed etenti
ona ndo n
lya f
terr ecordi
ngh i
s
sa
t i
sfacti
oninwriti
ngthattheMa gi
stratewil
lauthori
sethedetenti
onoft h
ea ccu
sed.

 Whenasuspec
tisa r
restedandpro
d u
cedbeforeaMagis
tratef
orautho
ris
ingdet
ention,
theMagi
stra
te
ha
st oadd
resst h
eq ue
stionwhetherspeci
ficrea
sonshavebe
enrecorde
df orarr
e s
ta ndi
fso,pri
ma
fac
ietho
ser easo
nsarer el
evan
t,a n
ds ec
ondly
,areason
ableco
ncl
usi
oncouldatallbereac
hedbythe
po
lic
eoffic
erth a
to n
eo rtheothercond
iti
onsstate
da b
oveareattr
acted.Toth
islimit
edexten
tthe
Magi
str
atewillmakejudi
cial
scr
utiny.

S
ect
ion41
-Ao
fth
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