L.Muruganantham vs The State Of Tamil Nadu Represented By ... on 27 August, 2021
13. The State Human Rights Commission upon a perusal of the
FIR and the statements of the witnesses made under Section 161 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure, had come to the conclusion that the Police Officer,
viz. the Sub Inspector of Police had not applied his mind as to whether
arrest is required or not. The fact that the petitioner is a disabled person was
not taken into account and the petitioner was treated as any other ordinary
person. The very arrest, according to the State Human Rights Commission,
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W.P.Nos.22431 and 22527 of 2021
based on the allegations contained in the FIR was fully unnecessary and the
Sub Inspector of Police had not followed the directions issued by the
Hon’ble Supreme Court regarding arrest in its judgment in Arnesh Kumar
v. State of Bihar.