Mother-Daughter Duo Detained By Police Without Making Any Entry In Official Records: P&H HC Awards Compensation Of Rs 2 Lakh [Read Order]
Live LawIn the matter of illegal detention, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed the State Government to pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh each to the mother-daughter duo. The Division Bench of Justices Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh Sidhu agreed with the opinion of the Single Bench that keeping the mother-daughter duo in the police station for two days, without even making an entry in the roznamcha and also without informing the District/Illaqa Magistrate amounted to illegal detention. Furthermore, both Harwinder Kaur and Rupinder Kaur in their statements nowhere stated any kind of maltreatment or harassment meted out to them in Police Station. The Court had opined that, "Even if it was accepted that some persons had tried to cause harm to them, even then, both of them could not be kept in the police station for two days without even making an entry in the roznamcha and also without informing the District/Illaqa Magistrate. The Division Bench was of the view that even if it is accepted that some persons had tried to cause harm to the detenues, even then, both of them could not be kept in the police station for two days without even making an entry in the roznamcha and also without informing the District/Illaqa Magistrate.