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Citizen . . .
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Rights of a Person Arrested
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The police personnel carrying out the arrest and handling the interrogation of the
arrestee should wear accurate, visible and clear identification and name tags with
their designations. The particulars of all such police personnel who handle interrogation
of the arrestee must be recorded in a register.
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- That the police officer carrying out the arrest of the arrestee shall prepare
a memo of arrest at the time of arrest and such memo shall be attested by at least
one witness, who may either be a member of the family of the arrestee or a respectable
person of the locality from where the arrest is made. It shall also be countersigned
by the arrestee and shall contain the time and date of arrest
- A person who has been arrested or detained and is being held in custody in a police
station or interrogation centre or other lock-up, shall be entitled to have one
friend or relative or other person known to him or having interest in his welfare
being informed, as soon as practicable, that he has been arrested and is being detained
at the particular place, unless the attesting witness of the memo of arrest is himself
such a friend or a relative of the arrestee<
- The time, place of arrest and venue of custody of an arrestee must be notified
by the police where the next friend or relative of the arrestee lives outside the
district or town through the Legal Aid Organisation in the District and the police
station of the area concerned telegraphically within a period of 8 to 12 hours after
the arrest
- The person arrested must be made aware of this right to have some one informed
of his arrest or detention as soon as he is put under arrest or is detention
- An entry must be made in the diary at the place of detention regarding the arrest
of the person which shall also disclose the name of the next friend of the person
who has been informed of the arrest and the names and particulars of the police
officials in whose custody the arrestee is
- The arrestee should, where he so requests, be also examined at the time of his
arrest and major and minor injuries, if any present on his/her body, must be recorded
at that time. The "Inspection Memo" must be singed both by the arrestee and the
police officer effecting the arrest and its copy provided to the arrestee
- The arrestee should be subjected to medical examination by a trained doctor every
48 hours during his detention in custody by a doctor on the panel of approved doctors
appointed by Director, Health Services of the State or Union Territory concerned.
Director, Health Services should prepare such a panel for all tehsils and districts
as well
- Copies of all the documents including the memo of arrest, referred to above, should
be sent to Illaqa Magistrate for his record
- The arrestee may be permitted to meet his lawyer during interrogation, though
not throughout the interrogation
- A police control room should be provided at all district and State headquarters,
where information regarding the arrest and the place of custody of the arrestee
shall be communicated by the officer causing the arrest, within 12 hours of effecting
the arrest and at the police control room it should be displayed on a conspicuous
notice board.
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