Avoid hasty ‘Friday arrests’, Madras HC tells TN police
Wants Cops To Show Maturity In Probing
Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com
Chennai:07.02.2019
Pull up your socks and show more quality and maturity in investigation techniques, the Madras high court has told the Tamil Nadu police, annoyed by the unnecessary anticipatory bail applications of those worried over hasty arrests, particularly ‘Friday’ arrests, by police.
“Police must understand that all criminal cases need not necessarily involve arrest of accused persons during investigation and an effective investigation can be done even otherwise. A change in attitude will bring down unnecessary filing of anticipatory bail petitions. This procedure can be effectively implemented in matrimonial disputes, commercial disputes, property disputes and other minor offences, to name a few.
Henceforth, in all anticipatory bail petitions filed before the high court where the offence concerned carries a punishment of up to seven years or below, police should instruct the public prosecutor whether they were going to arrest the accused without warrant or not. In such cases, the court will record the statement, and pass necessary orders, he said.
As for other cases where the police want to arrest the accused persons in the course of investigation, those anticipatory bail petitions will be dealt with by the high court on merits, Justice Anand Venkatesh added.
The court made the observations while granting bail to a relative of a man who was apprehended in connection with a case over causing cruelty to the man's wife.
Unnecessary arrests normally take place on a Friday or a day prior to holidays to ensure that the accused does not come out on bail immediately. The popular euphemism is ‘Friday arrest’
Justice N Anand Venkatesh
Wants Cops To Show Maturity In Probing
Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com
Chennai:07.02.2019
Pull up your socks and show more quality and maturity in investigation techniques, the Madras high court has told the Tamil Nadu police, annoyed by the unnecessary anticipatory bail applications of those worried over hasty arrests, particularly ‘Friday’ arrests, by police.
“Police must understand that all criminal cases need not necessarily involve arrest of accused persons during investigation and an effective investigation can be done even otherwise. A change in attitude will bring down unnecessary filing of anticipatory bail petitions. This procedure can be effectively implemented in matrimonial disputes, commercial disputes, property disputes and other minor offences, to name a few.
Ultimately, the aim is to top unnecessary/hasty/illegal arrests. These arrests normally take place on a Friday or a day prior to holidays to ensure that the accused does not come out on bail immediately. The popular euphemism is ‘Friday’ arrest,” Justice N Anand Venkatesh said.
Henceforth, in all anticipatory bail petitions filed before the high court where the offence concerned carries a punishment of up to seven years or below, police should instruct the public prosecutor whether they were going to arrest the accused without warrant or not. In such cases, the court will record the statement, and pass necessary orders, he said.
As for other cases where the police want to arrest the accused persons in the course of investigation, those anticipatory bail petitions will be dealt with by the high court on merits, Justice Anand Venkatesh added.
The court made the observations while granting bail to a relative of a man who was apprehended in connection with a case over causing cruelty to the man's wife.
Unnecessary arrests normally take place on a Friday or a day prior to holidays to ensure that the accused does not come out on bail immediately. The popular euphemism is ‘Friday arrest’
Justice N Anand Venkatesh
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