The Gauhati High Court held that the handcuffing and parading of advocate a Guwahati man, without just cause being shown, violated his human rights under Article 21 and demeaned his dignity to practise his profession. Called to Panbazar Police Station on 5 October 2016, he was detained, arrested in PS Case No. 435/2016, handcuffed for a hospital examination and paraded in iron fetters from the court to Central Jail Guwahati, in breach of the Supreme Court's guidelines. The Court noted that the Assam Human Rights Commission had closed his complaint only because the charged officer had died. Applying strict liability, the Court directed the authorities to pay him Rs 5,00,000 within two months and recommended amending the Assam Police Manual on handcuffing. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 20 December 2023 in WP(C)/2783/2021, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: Devashis Baruah, J.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector, Panbazar Police Station, Guwahati, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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“Be that as it may, the Petitioner is an Advocate and handcuffing the Petitioner and parading him by taking him to the Court and thereafter back to the jail with iron fetters that too without just cause being shown, not …” (para 29)
The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
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(Audit fix: duplicate record CW-2023-0055 (same court, case number and judgment date) merged into this record; its sources are kept here and its URL redirects here.)
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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