Wednesday, 21 March 2018

NO AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF FIR, ARREST IN CASES UNDER SC/ST ACT: SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court on Tuesday banned automatic arrests and registration of criminal cases under the Scheduled Castes (SC) and the Scheduled Tribes (ST) Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989. The court ruled that no arrests can be made under the act without prior permission. It also held that a court can grant a pre-bail arrest (anticipatory bail) if it, prima facie, finds the complaint is an abuse of the law, false, motivated and intended to blackmail or harass a person.


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