‘UP police acting as law unto themselves’: Allahabad HC slams cops over detention

PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has pulled up the Uttar Pradesh Police over the unlawful detention of a man before his formal arrest, observing that the police appear to be acting as a “law unto themselves”.The court, in its order dated Oct 7, termed Noida ACP Kamlesh Kant and investigating officer Anuj Kumar as “highly ignorant of BNSS (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita) procedures” and criticized their approach towards statutory requirements.The court asked the Uttar Pradesh director general of police (DGP) to prepare better police training modules to sensitise officers on civil liberties and the procedures that should be followed before arrest or detention.While making this observation, a division bench comprising Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Achal Sachdev allowed a habeas corpus petition filed by a man while holding his detention in police custody to be “unlawful”.