Madhya Pradesh Police Regulation: Chapter VII Part 111
Rule 465--Prisoners-handcuffs--Use of--Directions by
Court--Person remanded by judicial order--Escort party ... inside or outside the Court, that would not be
sufficient cause to handcuff them. Further, there was no
reason for handcuffing them while taking them
Preamble. [868 A-B,
867 G-H]
6. The collection of handcuff law, namely, Prisoners
(Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955 ; Punjab Police Rules ... Standing order 44, Instruction on handcuffs of November,
1977, and orders of April 1979, must meet the demands of
Articles 14 , 19 and 21. Irons
labour; (6) contumaciously refusing to work; (7) filling, cutting, altering or removing handcuffs, fetters or bars without due authority; (8) wilful idleness or negligence ... period which shall not exceed three months; (6) imposition of handcuffs of such pattern and weight, in such manner and for such period
prisoner in
transit between prison house and court house, is freedom from handcuffs and
the exception, under conditions of judicial supervision we have indicated
earlier ... interrogate the prisoner, as a rule, whether he has been subjected to
handcuffs or other "irons" treatment and, if he has been
Even the
accused persons were produced before the
learned Judicial Magistrate in handcuffs and
by granting police remand the learned
Magistrate keeping in view ... signed statement, Khemla described what
happened:
Vinod Kumar unlocked my handcuffs and then
with the aid of Policeman Bhoi and Town
Inspector Ansari, grabbed
Public Interest. It seeks a
Mandamus directing the police authorities not to handcuff or put
fetters on the under-trials when they are brought ... under-trials produced before
them whether they have been subjected to handcuffs or the like and
if so to command the concerned officers to initiate
Judge, inside the Court room as he saw the Constable carrying a handcuff in his hand, he questioned the accused person and the Constable Samantbhai ... decisions have been deliberately breached as before bringing the undertrial accused in handcuff, no permission was taken either from the Magistrate or from the trial
accordance with law,
particularly, in the matter of use of chains or handcuffs on arrested persons and
to issue directions upon respondent authorities to follow ... unconstitutional,
the apex Court observed as follows :
"20. This collection of handcuff law must meet the demands of
Arts
police in respect of station diary register entries regarding revolver and handcuff. He has further admitted that when they reached Naigaon, nobody informed them about ... possibility of communal riot. He has stated that the handcuff was with him and accused Ayyub was giving jerk and therefore, he could
moved an application for a direction against the escort staff not to handcuff them. Similarly, second application was made by the accused for similar relief ... social importance cannot be the basis for classifying prisoners for purposes of handcuffs or otherwise, how can we assume that a rich criminal or undertrial
