Allahabad HC Restrains UP Police From Making Late-Night Domiciliary Visits To Alleged History-Sheeter
The Allahabad Excessive Court docket just lately restrained the Uttar Pradesh Police from making late-night ‘domiciliary’ visits to a person in opposition to whom a historical past sheet has been opened.
A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Anil Kumar-X referred to the Supreme Court docket’s judgment within the celebrated case of Kharak Singh vs The State Of U. P. & Others, whereby it was held that the police can not pay domiciliary visits to the properties of history-sheeter et cetera at unearthly hours.
The bench handed the order dealing with a felony writ plea filed by one Samunder Pandey difficult the opening of a historical past sheet in opposition to him, purportedly primarily based on irrelevant materials.
He claimed he was being subjected to police harassment underneath its garb as cops had been getting into the petitioner’s residence at unearthly hours and taking him to the police station, thereby violating his proper to privateness and inflicting psychological misery to him and his members of the family.
Issuing discover to the respondents, together with the State of UP, Commissioner of Police, Prayagraj and the involved Station Home Officer (SHO), the bench restrained the police from paying domiciliary visits within the evening at ‘unearthly hours’.
The matter is listed for admission on July 11, together with a report concerning the standing of pleadings.
Case title – Samunder Pandey vs. State Of U.P. And a couple of Others
