Police Force needs to be sensitize the constitutional and statutory rights of the detenue/accused: Supreme Court
Recently, the Supreme Court while awarding Rs. 5,00,000 as compensation to a truck driver illegally detained by the Patna Police observed that “Loss of liberty of a person of humble means is not at a lower pedestal compared to that of an affluent person with more resources”. The Court stated that the guidelines of arrest and detention laid down in DK Basu v. State of
