The Delhi High Court (Justice Subramonium Prasad) directed Delhi Police to pay Rs 50,000 to vegetable vendor a New Delhi man, who was picked up on a knife-attack complaint (DD No.85A) on 2 September 2022 and kept in the PS Badarpur lockup from 11:01 to 11:24 p.m. without any formal arrest, FIR or DD entry. Liability had been found in the 5 October 2023 judgment; the 12 March 2024 order holds that even half an hour's detention without due procedure violates liberty, that a mere censure is no deterrent, and orders a proper inquiry to fix responsibility and recover the sum from the officer concerned. Both SIs had been censured departmentally; respondent 4's appeal against the DCP's censure order was pending.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 12 March 2024 in W.P.(C) 3851/2023, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Subramonium Prasad, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, PS Badarpur, Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, PS Badarpur, Delhi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.
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“The time spent in the lock-up by the Petitioner, even for a short while, cannot absolve the police officers who have deprived the Petitioners of his liberty without following the due procedure established by law.” (para 17)
The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.
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