To Frame the Draft Arrest Policy for India :Critical Analysis

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  • Spandana Reddy Bommu Author

Keywords:

Arrest, policy, Police

Abstract

Arrest entails the deprivation of a person’s liberty and freedom of movement.
It refers to holding someone in police custody when accused of committing a
crime. arrest. When a person is arrested, they are brought into the custody of any legitimate authority to detain them, or in other words, they are placed under restraint. The subject is then requested to respond to the charges for which he is being held to prevent him from committing future crimes. The paper critically analyses the draft arrest policy in India.

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References

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(2016).

4. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, section 2(l).

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6. Law Commission of India, 177th Law Commission Report on laws relating to Arrest (2001).

7. Biswanath Bhattacharya v. Union of India, (2014) 4 SCC 392.

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Published

2025-07-15

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