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The Police personnel carrying out the arrest and handling the interrogation of the arrestee should bear accurate, visible and clear identification and name tags with their designation. |
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The Police Officer carrying out the arrest shall prepare a memo of arrest at the time of arrest and such memo shall be attested by at least one witness, who may be either a member of the family of the arrestee or a respectable person of the locality from where the arrest is made. It shall also be counter-signed by the arrestee and shall contain the time and date of arrest.
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A person who has been
arrested or detained and is
being held in custody in a
police station or
interrogation centre or
other lock-up, shall be
entitled to have one friend
or relative or other person
known to him or having
interest in his welfare
being informed as soon as
practicable that he has been
arrested and is being
detained at the particular
place, unless the attesting
witness of the memo of
arrest is himself, such a
friend or a relative of the
arrestee. |
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The time, place of arrest
and venue of custody of
arrestee must be notified by
the police where the next
friend or relative of the
arrestee lives outside the
district or town through the
Legal Aid Organization in
the District and the police
station of the area
concerned telegraphically
within a period of 8 to 12
hours after the arrest. |
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The person arrested must be
made aware of his right to
have someone informed of his
arrest or detention as soon
as he is put under arrest or
is detained. |
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An
entry must be made in the
diary at the place of
detention regarding the
arrest of the person which
shall also disclose the name
of the next friend of the
person who has been informed
of the arrest or detention
as soon as he is put under
arrest or is detained. |
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The arrestee should where he
so requests, be also
examined at the time of his
arrest and major and minor
injuries, if any present on
his/ her body, must be
recorded at that time. The
"Inspection Memo" must be
signed both by the arrestee
and the police officer
effecting the arrest and its
copy provided to the
arrestee. |
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The arrestee should be
subjected to medical
examination every 48 hours during
his detention in custody by
a doctor on the panel of
approved doctors, appointed
by Director, Health Service
of the concerned State or
Union Territory. Director,
Health Service, should
prepare such a panel for all Tahsils and District as
well. |
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Copies of all the documents
including the memo of
arrest, referred to above
should be sent to the
Magistrate for his record. |
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The arrestee may be
permitted to meet his lawyer
during interrogation, though
not throughout the
interrogation. |
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A Police control room should
be provided at all district
and State Headquarters,
where information regarding
the arrest and the place of
custody of the arrestee
shall be communicated by the
officer causing the arrest
within 12 hours of effecting
the arrest and at the police
control room it should be
displayed on a conspicuous
notice board. |
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