Strictly Follow Arnesh Kumar Guidelines On Arrest : Supreme Court Directs High Courts & DGPs To Ensure ComplianceListen to this Article
The Supreme Court of India on Monday reiterated the guidelines laid down by the top court for arrest under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and for other offences punishable by a maximum jail term of seven years in its 2014 Arnesh Kumar judgement. Not only this, a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar has also directed high courts and police chiefs to issue notifications and circulars in terms of the 2014 judgement to ensure strict compliance: “The high courts shall frame the directions in the form of notifications and guidelines to be followed by the sessions courts and all other and criminal courts dealing with various offences. Likewise, the Director General of Police in all states shall ensure that strict instructions in terms of above directions are issued. Both the high courts and the DGPs of all states shall ensure that such guidelines and directives/departmental circulars are issued for guidance of all lower courts and police authorities in each state w...