The Delhi High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Police director general to submit an inquiry report for arresting a Delhi resident in the capital without intimating the local police.
A Bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta said was hearing a habeas corpus petition alleging that a man was intercepted from Delhi’s Connaught Place on February 18 by U.P. Police without any prior information to Delhi Police and taken to an unknown location.
The petitioner was subsequently released by a U.P. court on February 19.
The court had previously observed that inter-State arrests couldn’t be effected without following the proper protocol and asked the police commissioner, Greater Noida to file a report.
Advocate Vishal Gosain, appearing for petitioner Satinder Singh Bhasin, had said that the CCTV footage which is available, would show that the manner in which his client was removed from Delhi from nearby his office and taken to U.P., ought to be preserved.
“It is made clear that all the CCTV footage which is available for the said date recording the incident wherein the Appellant was picked up from Connaught Place and taken to Noida shall be preserved and placed before this Court in a pen drive,” the court said in its March 12 order.
The Bench also took note of a video clip reportedly claiming the petitioner was misusing the court’s orders in the habeas corpus petition. No party should “misuse or misinterpret” the judicial orders in any manner, the bench said.
The purpose of entertaining the petition for habeas corpus, the court said, was to safeguard the safety and security of the petitioner who was allegedly picked up by UP Police and not to settle personal scores.
Noting the incident was cause of concern, the court on February 20 sought the stands of UP Police and Delhi police on the incident happening “without adhering to the prescribed protocol”.
The petitioner, who had earlier appeared in the court in the habeas corpus plea after his release, alleged that he was physically assaulted and manhandled. The Greater Noida police commissioner was directed to place on record the result of the petitioner’s medical report post arrest.
The U.P. Police counsel said an FIR was registered under the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita for offences of theft, etc., against the petitioner in Greater Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar.
Published – March 25, 2025 10:43 am IST