Arrests on Friday night not right: CIC
M. Sridhar Acharyulu directed the Tihar prison authorities to frame a policy for preventing any excessive detention of inmates
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-07-06 02:51 GMT
New Delhi: Arresting people on Friday night to deprive them a court hearing till Monday is a violation of the Constitution, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has held. In a significant development, the CIC, while pulling up Tihar Jail authorities for keeping inmates beyond their term, said that there was no system in the prison to take complaints of excessive detention and providing compensation.
Information commissioner M. Sridhar Acharyulu directed the Tihar prison authorities to frame a policy for preventing any excessive detention of inmates and put in public domain in accordance with the provisions of suo-moto disclosure under the Right to Information Act. “Central Information Commission noticed that contentions of prisoner appellant and respondent PIO reveal a prima facie case of excessive detention and that there is no specific mechanism to take complaints of extra detention and provision for compensation in such cases,” Mr Acharyulu said in his order. Appellant’s personal liberty can be deprived only till term of imprisonment prescribed by court of law continues and even a day beyond, the Commissioner said.