Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Allahabad High Court Condemns Police Detention, Awards Compensation
The Allahabad High Court heard about a man who was kept at a police station for four days.
The man was not accused of committing the alleged offences.
Police detained him to pressure his brother to surrender.
His brother was wanted in cases involving an alleged attempt to murder and rioting.
The court said police cannot use an innocent family member as leverage.
It called the detention unlawful and an abuse of power.
The court ordered the man to receive Rs 40,000.
It also directed that its displeasure with the police officials be recorded in their service records.
The Allahabad High Court awarded Rs 40,000 to a man illegally detained for four days.
Police detained the man to pressure his brother, a suspect in attempt to murder and rioting cases, to surrender.
The court said the man had no connection with the alleged offences.
Justices Atul Sreedharan and Divesh Chandra Samant condemned the police conduct as unlawful.
The court ordered that its displeasure with the officials be recorded in their service records.
- Who
- The Allahabad High Court, the detained man, his brother, and the police officials involved.
- What
- The court awarded Rs 40,000 for the man’s illegal four-day detention and censured the police conduct.
- When
- The court issued the direction on September 9; the year was not specified.
- Where
- At the Allahabad High Court.
- Why
- Police detained the man to pressure his brother, a suspect in alleged attempt to murder and rioting cases, to surrender.
- Compensation
- Rs 40,000
- Detention period
- Four days
- Detention target
- A man with no alleged involvement in the offences
- Police purpose
- To pressure the man’s brother to surrender
- Brother’s alleged cases
- Attempt to murder and rioting
- Court direction
- Record its displeasure with the police officials in their service records
- Judges
- Atul Sreedharan and Divesh Chandra Samant