18 Aug 2022
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ConcludedThe Allahabad High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 382
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CW-2022-0017Shahjahanpur, Uttar PradeshJudgment 18 August 2022
In Re v. [name withheld]
Investigating Officer, In-charge of Kanth Police Station (Shahjahanpur), served a Section 41-A CrPC notice in a case under Sections 353/504/506 IPC but wilfully recorded in the general diary that the accused declined its terms, arresting him in deliberate circumvention of the Arnesh Kumar mandate; the Magistrate refused remand and made a contempt reference. The Division Bench rejected his qualified apology and held him guilty of contempt for imposing himself over and above the law. He was sentenced to 14 days' simple imprisonment plus Rs 1,000 fine, kept in abeyance for 60 days to prefer a Section 19 appeal.
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By judgment dated 18 August 2022 in Contempt Application (Criminal) No. 5 of 2022, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Suneet Kumar, Syed Waiz Mian, JJ.) recorded the conviction of the Investigating Officer (In-charge), Kanth Police Station.
- Register number
- UP 27 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Contempt Application (Criminal) No. 5 of 2022 / 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 382
- Court and date
- Allahabad High Court (Coram: Suneet Kumar, Syed Waiz Mian, JJ.), 18 August 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Investigating Officer (In-charge), Kanth Police Station
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The misleading entry in the GD was made willfully and deliberately with sole purpose to bypass the mandate in Arnesh Kumar (supra), in order to arrest the accused. The contemnor, in the circumstances, has circumvent the mandate which was binding …” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.038 years.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
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Current position
The Allahabad High Court judgment dated 18 August 2022 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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What the court found
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“The misleading entry in the GD was made willfully and deliberately with sole purpose to bypass the mandate in Arnesh Kumar (supra), in order to arrest the accused. The contemnor, in the circumstances, has circumvent the mandate which was binding …” (para n/a)
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Follow-up history
25 Sep 2026
(Official source added: Allahabad High Court order in Contempt Application (Criminal) No. 5 of 2022 dated 18.8.2022 (copy hosted by LawBeat): Kanth Police Station investigating officer sentenced to 14 days' simple imprisonment and Rs 1,000 fine, sentence kept in abeyance 60 days.)
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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