CCTV in police stations and arrest safeguards: what the courts are recording

Court orders on police-station CCTV

Each entry quotes the order word for word and says who the statement belongs to: the court itself, an official report the court recorded, or the police's own affidavit.

Delhi

• Cameras not working Delhi High Court, 23 July 2024 · Read the order
  The narrative that all CCTV cameras installed at the police station were malfunctioning at that crucial time; and that therefore no CCTV-footage is available from within the police station to show the condition of any of the persons who were there at that time, also does not inspire confidence. (Finding of the court)

Jharkhand

• Cameras not installed Jharkhand High Court, 8 December 2025 · W.P.(PIL) No. 7140 of 2025
  even CCTV Cameras have not been installed in the police station despite the direction of the Hon'ble Supreme Court way back in the year 2015 (Finding of the court)

Maharashtra

• Footage missing or not preserved Bombay High Court, 25 July 2025 · WPST No. 945 of 2025
  On checking the CCTV footage in the Police Station, it has been observed that the CCTV footage of the following date is not available in record. (Police statement recorded by the court)

Meghalaya

• Cameras not working Meghalaya High Court, 9 September 2026 · Crl.Petn. No. 97/2026
  As far as Umiam Police Station is concerned, it appears that out of 15 CCTV cameras installed till date, all 15 are non-functional from 23rd August, 2024. (Official report recorded by the court)

Odisha

• Cameras not working Orissa High Court, 23 December 2024 · Suo Motu W.P.(C) No. 23735 of 2024
  It's to submit that out of 11,729 CCTV cameras installed in 593 police stations, 2266 of cameras were non-functional in 456 Police Station due to various causes as on 24th September 2024. (Official report recorded by the court)

Tamil Nadu

• Footage missing or not preserved Madras High Court, 27 February 2026 · W.P.(MD) No. 22673 of 2022
  Though it is admitted by Karthikeyan that in the station premises of Kotticode CCTV cameras have been installed, the footages were not produced. (Finding of the court)
• Footage missing or not preserved Madras High Court, 20 January 2026 · Contempt Petition No. 3621 of 2025
  it was reported that the storage device of the CCTV there is no footage available in the above dates (Official report recorded by the court)
• Footage missing or not preserved Madras High Court, 21 March 2024 · W.P.(MD) No. 6165 of 2024
  The footages are not available for 11.10.2023 in the Jaihindpuram Police Station and CCTV cameras are not available in the old Deputy Commissioner of Police Office, Kavalkoodal Street, Madurai. (Police statement recorded by the court)

Uttar Pradesh

• Footage missing or not preserved Allahabad High Court, 23 September 2026 · Habeas Corpus Writ Petition No. 1169 of 2026
  the feeds within the police Thana were deliberately either deleted or deliberately not saved in the DVR as there is no argument put forth with regard to malfunction of any CCTV cameras (Finding of the court)
• Footage missing or not preserved Allahabad High Court, 9 September 2026 · Habeas Corpus Writ Petition No. 506 of 2026
  Under the said circumstances, it would not be unreasonable to presume that the period during which the camera feed was not recorded, may also have been physically deleted in order to wipe out the evidence of the proceedings in the Thana during that relevant period of time. (Finding of the court)

Arrest safeguards in the court records on this site

How many High Court and Supreme Court records on this site involve each safeguard, matched on the record's own summary, quote and provisions. A record can involve more than one.