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Prabir Purkayastha v. State (nct of Delhi)

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Reported as [2024] 6 S.C.R. 666
Bench B.R. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 15 May 2024

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What the Court ordered

We hold that it would be necessary, henceforth, that a copy of such written grounds of arrest is furnished to the arrested person as a matter of course and without exception.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the arrest and subsequent remand of the accused- appellant was vitiated as the copy of the remand application was not provided to him or his counsel before passing of the order of remand thus, not informing him of the grounds of arrest in writing. Headnotes Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 – Constitution of India – Articles 22(1) and 22(5) – FIR registered u/ss.13, 16, 17, 18, 22C, UAPA r/w ss.153A, 120B, IPC – Appellant was arrested in connection therewith however, the arrest memo did not contain the ‘grounds of arrest’ – Appellant subsequently

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Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 2 mentioned

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