Delhi HC pulls up UP Police for making arrest from Delhi without information

The court passed the order in the petition of a couple, who stated that they got married willingly on July 1, 2021. However, the court was told that the woman’s parents are against the marriage and have been repeatedly threatening them. The man’s father and brother were taken away by UP Police from their residence in Delhi on the intervening night of August 6 and 7, and their whereabouts are not known, they said in the petition, adding that even Delhi Police is not aware of any facts.

After court notice, Delhi Police submitted in a status report that they have enquired with UP Police and have been told that the two men were arrested in a case registered under Section 366 IPC on September 6 on the complaint given by the woman’s mother. They were arrested from Kudhana bus stand of Shamli district on September 8, according to the status report.

Delhi Police told the court that they were not informed of arrival of police from Shamli.

The court said it is “trite law” that the man’s father and brother could not have been apprehended by UP Police and taken from Delhi without informing Delhi Police. The court has asked the SHOs of both Shamli and Jyoti Nagar to remain present before it on October 28.