New Delhi, Sep 25: While hearing a case titled Jaskaran Jeet Singh Deol v. State of Punjab, the Supreme Court held that disciplinary proceedings should be initiated against a police officer who arrested a person without furnishing the grounds of arrest in writing.
Court added that any breach or non-compliance would entail immediate release of the arrested person because such arrest is unconstitutional.
A Bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar, in Jaskaran openly held that the arrest of an accused becomes illegal where the grounds of arrest are not furnished to him in writing as mandated by Article 22(1) of the Constitution, and directed that disciplinary proceedings be initiated against the police officer responsible for such non-compliance.
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