Despite being given interim protection to a woman in Maharashtra, the police have been forced to keep her in illegal custody. The Supreme Court has imposed a heavy fine on the police in this case. The court also expressed displeasure over keeping the woman in custody. , Fine to be paid Rs.

During the hearing, the bench told the counsel appearing for the police officers, “You (the defendants) will have to pay compensation from your own pocket.” The bench said, for illegal detention of the petitioner for one day 15, compensation of a sum of Rs., to be shared by both the defendants and shall be paid within a period of two weeks from today. Court warned to be careful in future.

Court had granted interim protection to the woman

Supreme Court in a criminal case Provided interim protection for two weeks to the accused woman to surrender and file an application for regular bail. Describing the incident as gross negligence, a bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice A Amanullah said that a woman accused in a criminal case 24 november, 2021 had got interim protection and was granted interim protection for two weeks by the apex court. The bench noted in its order passed on Monday, “We had granted interim protection to the petitioner and in spite of that the petitioner was taken into custody. It is the case of the petitioner that he had also shown the order of the court. Grant the bail to the petitioner the next day.” given, i.e. to 20 Kept in custody for hours.

Supreme Court reprimanded police officers

Supreme Court said, the defendants ( The two police officers) have filed their affidavit tendering an unconditional apology. We do not least expect the police officers to behave in this manner and that too in spite of the order of this court.

Supreme CourtMaharashtraPublished Date

Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 9: 09 PM IST