Supreme Court directs High Courts, State DGPs to ensure compliance with Arnesh Kumar guidelines to avoid unnecessary arrests

The Court directed all the High Courts and the Directors General of Police across States to issue notifications and instructions regarding these guidelines and to ensure strict compliance with the same.
Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Aravind Kumar
Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Aravind Kumar
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The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the issue of circulars, notifications and instructions to ensure that police authorities and criminal courts strictly adhere to the guidelines on arrest laid down in the 2014 Arnesh Kumar case. [Md. Asfak Alam v. State of Jharkhand and Another].

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