The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. The petitioner, a 30-year-old law student, was arrested pursuant to a non-bailable warrant in a cheque bounce case, handcuffed without justification, paraded in Ankali market place, and transported in a public KSRTC bus in handcuffs. The Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court held that routine handcuffing without recorded reasons violates Article 21 and Supreme Court precedents in Prem Shankar Shukla and Sunil Batra. The High Court awarded Rs 2,00,000 compensation to the petitioner with liberty to the State to recover it from the delinquent officers, and issued statewide mandatory directions on handcuffing, video conferencing, and body-worn cameras for arresting officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 10 June 2022 in Writ Petition No. 115362 of 2019 (GM-Police), the Karnataka High Court (Coram: Suraj Govindaraj, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Ankali Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Chikodi Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
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The Karnataka High Court judgment dated 10 June 2022 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“In the present case, there being no justification which has been provided by the respondents for handcuffing the petitioner since neither any objections are filed nor is any affidavit filed by the Arresting Officer.” (para 13.5)
The Karnataka High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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