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li
pK.Basuv.S
tateofWestBeng
al
(19
97)6SCC642
Dr.
A.S.
AnandandK.
T.Th
omas,
JJ.
ORDER

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6inD.K.Basuv.StateofWestBen g
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idd
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tai
nbasi
c
“r
equ
iremen
ts”tob
ef o
ll
owedinall
case
sofarr
estordet
enti
onti
lll
ega
l p
rovi
si
onsar
emad
eint
hatbe
hal
fas
ameas
u r
etopre
ventcu
stod
ial
v i
ol
ence
.Ther
equi
remen
tsreadasf
oll
ows:

1
.Thepol
iceper s
onnelcarryi
ngoutthearr
estandhandl
in
gt h
einterro
gati
onofthearres
teeshoudb
l ea
r
a
ccura
te,vi
sib
lea ndclearident
ifi
cat
ionandna
met agswit
htheirdesi
gna
tion
s.Thepar
tic
ula
rsofallsuc
h
p
oli
cepers
onnelwhoh a
n d
leinter
rog
ati
onofthearr
esteemus
tbere c
ordedi
naregis
ter
.[Se
e,Sect
ion41B(a)
o
fCrPCInser
te dbyCodeo fCri
mina
lProc
edure(
Ame n
dment)
Act,2
0 08
]

2
.Th
atthepo l
ic
eoffi
cercarryin
goutthea
rrestofthearr
est
eeshal
lprepareamemoofar
r es
tatthetime
o
farres
ta ds
n u
chmemos h
allbeatt
estedb
ya tlea
stonewitn
ess,
whoma yeith
erbeamemberofth
ef a
mi l
y
o
fthearres
teeorarespect
a b
lepers
onofth
elocal
ityfr
omwherethear
r es
tismade.

I
tshal
lal
s ec
ob oun
ters
ign
edbyt
hearr
esteeands
hallc
onta
intheti
meandd
ateo
far
res
t.[
See
,Se
cti
on41
B
(
b)o
fCrPCIn
ser
tedbyCodeo
fCr
imi
nalPr
o c
edu
re(Amendment
)Act
,200
8]

3Aper
. sonwh ohasbeenarrest
edo rdetai
nedandisbeinghel
dincus
todyinap o
lic
es ta
tionorin
ter
rogati
on
ce
ntreoro t
he rl
ock-
up,sha
llbeenti
t l
edtohaveonefriendorrel
ati
veorotherpersonknowntohimorhavi
ng
i
nterestinhiswelfarebei
nginfor
med ,a
ssoonasprac
ticabl
e,t
h th
a ehasbeenarrestedandisbei
ngdetai
ned
atthepa rti
cu l
arplace,u
nles
st h
ea ttest
ingwitnes
so ftheme moofarrestishimsel
fs uchafri
endora
re
lativ
eo fthea rr
estee.[
See,Sect
ion41B(c)ofCrPCI n
sertedbyCodeofCriminalProc
e d
ure(Amend
me nt
)
Act,
2 008
]

4.
Thetime,pl
aceofarr
estandven
u eofcus
todyofanarresteemustbenoti
fiedbythepoli
cewherethene
xt
fr
ien
do rrel
ati
veofthearre
steel
ivesouts
ideth
ed i
stri
cto rto
wnt hr
ouht
g heLegalAi
dOr ga
nisa
t i
oninth
e
di
str
ictandthepo
lic
estati
onoftheareaconc
ern
edtelegraphi
call
ywithi
naper i
odof8t o12ho
ursafterth
e
ar
rest.
[See,S
ecti
on41C(2
)ofCrPCInser
tedbyCodeofCriminalPro
cedur
e(Ame ndment
)Act,2008
]

5. epe
Th rs
onarr
est
edmustbemadea
wa r
eo fthi
sri
ghtt
oha
ves
omeo
nei
nfo
rmedo
fhi
sar
res
tord
eten
tio
n
assoo
nashei
sputun
dera
rresto
risdet
ained.

6
.Anentr
ymu stbemadeinthediar
ya tth
epla
ceo fdet
ent
ionrega
rdi
ngt
hearr
estoft
hepers
onwhi
chsha
ll
a
lsodi
scl
osethenameoft henextfri
endofth
eper s
onwhohasbeeni
nfo
rmedofth
earres
tandth
en a
mes
a
ndparti
cul
arsofthepol
iceoffi
cia
lsi
nwh o
secus
todythea
rrest
eeis.

7
.Thearres
teeshou
ld,
wherehesor
equ
e s
ts,b
ea l
soexami
nedatth
et i
meo fhisarr
estandmajo
ra ndmino
r
i
nju
ries
,ifanypres
entonhi
s/h
erbo
dy,mustberec
ordeda
tt h
att
ime.The‘I
nspecti
onMemo’mus
tb esig
ned
b
othbythearres
teeandth
epoli
ceo
ffi
cereffec
tingth
earres
tan
ditscopyprovi
dedtoth
ea r
restee.

8
.Thearresteeshoul
db esubj
ectedt omedic
alexaminat
ionbyat rai
neddo
ctorevery48h ou
rsduri
nghi
s
d
etenti
oni ncu
stodybyad oc
toront h
epa n
elofapprov
edd o
cto r
sappoint
edbyDirecto
r,Heal
thServi
ceso
f
t
heStateo rUni
onTerri
torycon
cerned.Di
rect
or,
Healt
hServic
e ssho
uldpre
par
es u
chap an
elforal
lte
hsil
san
d
d
ist
ric
tsa swell
.[ Sec
tion54subst
itutedbyCodeofCri
minalProcedur
e(Amend
me nt
)Act,20
0 8
]

9.
Copi
esofal
lth
ed o
cument
sin
clu
din
gth
ememoo
far
res
t,r
efe
rre
dtoa
bov
e,s
hou
ldb
esen
ttot
heI
ll
aqa
Magi
str
atef
orhi
sreco
rd.
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0.Thearr
est
eema ybeper
mitt
edtomeethisl
awyerdur
ingin
ter
roga
tio
n,tho
ughnott
hro
ugh
outt
he
i
nter
rog
ati
on.
[Se
cti
on41
Dins
ert
edbyCo
deofC
rimi
nal
Proc
edure(
Amendme
nt)Ac
t,200
8]

11
.Ap o
li
cecontr
olroo
ms houl
dbeprov
idedatall
d i
stri
ctandSta
t ehea
dqu
arters
,wherei
nformati
onregar
din
g
thearre
standthep l
aceofcusto
dyofthea r
resteeshal
lbecommunic
ate
db ytheoff
ice
rc aus
ingthearr
est,
withi
n12hour
so feffecti
ngthearr
estandatth epol
icecon
trolro
omitsho
uldbedis
playedonac o
nspi
cuou
s
noti
ceboar
d.”
[In
corpora
tedinCrPCunde
rSe c
tion41CbyCodeofCrimi
nal
Procedur
e(Amendment)Act,
2008]

Thi
sCourtals
oopinedthatfail
uretocomplywit
htheaboverequ
irement
s,apartfr
omren
der
ingtheof
fici
al
co
ncern
edliabl
eford epar
tmen t
alacti
on,woul
dalsore
nderhimli
abletobepunis
hedf
orcon
temptofcourt
andtheproceedi
ngsf orcon
tempto fcourtcoul
db eins
tit
utedina n
yHig hCour
tofthecoun
try,hav
ing
ter
rit
orial
juri
sdic
tionoverthemat
t er
.

Th
isC
our
tfu
rth
ero
bse
rve
d:

 Ther e
quirement
sme nti
oneda bo
ves hal
lbef o
rwardedtotheDi recto
rGe ner
alofPo li
cea ndt heHo me
Secret
aryo feveryState/
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onTerri
torya nditshal
lbet h
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gationtocir
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a tethesamet oe very
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icestati
onunderthei
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fied a te v
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yp oli
ces ta
t i
ona tac o
n spi
cuous
pl
a c
e.Itwo ul
dalsobeusefulandservelargerint
eresttobroad casttherequi
rementsonAllInd i
aRa d i
o
besi
desb e
ingshownontheNation
alNetworko fDoord
arshanandb ypu b
li
shin
ga n
dd i
strib
utin
gp amp hl
etsin
theloc
allangu
agec o
ntai
ningthes
er e
quireme n
tsforinfo
rmationo fthegeneralpu
blic.
Creati
nga wa r
eness
abouttherigh
tso fthearr
e s
teewo u
ldinou ropi
nio
nb eastepi nt h
er i
ghtdire
ctiontocombatth eevilof
cust
odialcri
mea ndbrin
gint ran
sparenc
ya ndacc
ountabi
li
ty.Iti sh o
pedt h
att he
s erequi
rement swou l
d
hel
pt oc urb,ifn ott o
tall
ye li
minate,t heu s
eo fq uest
iona bl
eme th
odsd uri
ngi nte
rrogationa nd
in
vestigat
ionlea
d i
ngtocusto
dialc
ommissi
o nofcri
mes.

 Morethansev
enmo n
thshav
ee l
apsedsin
cethedir
ectio
nswe r
eiss
ued.Throu
ghthesepeti
tio
ns,DrSingh
vi,
thele
arnedamicu
scuri
ae,whohadassis
tedtheCourtinthemai
np e
tition
,seeksadir
ectio
n,call
in
gu po
n
theDire
ctorGenera
lofPoli
ceandt h
eHo meSecr
etaryofe v
eryState/Un
ionTerri
tor
yt oreporttothi
s
Cour
tcompli
anceoftheabo
ved i
recti
onsandth
es t
epst a
kenbyAllIn
d i
aRa di
oa n
dtheNa t
ion
a lNetwor
k
ofDoord
arsha
nf o
rbroad
casti
ngtherequi
remen
ts.

 Wed i
recttheRe gi
strytos endac o
pyo fth i
sa p
pli
cati
on,toget
herwi thac opyofthisor
derto
Respondent
s1t o3 1tohav ether epor
t/repo
rtsf r
omt heDirect
orGe ner
alo fPoli
ceandtheHome
Secre
t a
ryoftheState/
UnionTerri
torycon
cerned,s
enttothi
sCourtreg
ardin
gt h
ec o
mpli
anc
eoftheab
ove
di
rectionsconc
erni
nga r
restees.Ther epor
ts hal
lindic
ate,inat ab
ularform,a stowhichofthe
“r
e q
uirement
s”havebeencarri
edouta n
dinwh atmanner
,asals
o,whic
ha r
et h
e“ r
equir
emen
ts”whi
chsti
ll
remaintobecarr
iedou
ta n
dt hestep
sb ei
ngtakenforcar
ryi
ngoutthose
.

Re
por
tsh
all
als
obeo
bta
ine
dfr
omt
heDi
rec
tor
sofAl
lIn
diaRa
dioa
ndDo
ord
ars
hanr
ega
rdi
ngb
roa
dca
stsma
de.

Th
enoti
ceonResp
ondents1to31
,inaddit
ion
,mayalsobeser
vedthro
ughthesta
nd i
ngcou
nsel
ofth
eres
pecti
ve
St
ates
/Uni
onTer
rito
riesintheSupremeC o
urt.
Af t
e rth
er epo
rtsarerece
ived,cop
iesofthes
amesha
llbe
fu
rni
shedt
otheAdvoc
ate-on
-Reco
r df
o rDrSi
nghv
i,Ms.Su
ruchi
Aggrawal
,Advoc
ates.

Th
er e
por
tsshal
lbesub
mit
tedtothi
sCourtint
heter
ms,i
ndi
cat
eda
bov
e,wi
thi
nsi
xwe
eksf
romt
oda
y.Th
e
mat
terss
hal
lbeputu
ponboar
dformon
ito
ring
,af
ters
evenwee
ks.