Allahabad High Court directs Uttar Pradesh to pay ₹1.25 lakh compensation for five-day illegal detention, citing investigating officer's "arrogance of authority".
Allahabad HC Orders ₹1.25 Lakh Compensation for Illegal Detention
The Allahabad High Court has directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to pay ₹1.25 lakh in compensation to a man unlawfully detained for five days at a police station. The order was passed in Gyanti Devi And 2 Others v State of UP & 3 Others by a bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Achal Sachdev.
The court found that the investigating officer acted with "arrogance of authority" by failing to follow mandatory procedures under Section 57 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, including the timely production of the detainee before a magistrate. The bench emphasized that such violations strike at the core of personal liberty under Article 21.
The ruling reinforces existing jurisprudence on state liability for illegal detention. Practitioners may rely on this decision when seeking compensatory relief in similar custodial abuse cases, especially where procedural safeguards under CrPC are ignored.
Citations
- Gyanti Devi And 2 Others v State of UP & 3 Others
