Court asks Maharashtra government to pay Rs 2 lakh to cop for his illegal arrest
India TodayBombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to compensate a police officer with Rs 2 lakh for his "illegal arrest" and detention for 20 hours by a senior officer. The investigation was subsequently transferred to two other police officers and a year later, an Additional Superintendent of Police questioned Sambhaji Patil about the case. Sambhaji went to the office of the senior officer in January and March 2013, but was put under house arrest by the then Additional Superintendent of Police of Satara, Amol Tambe. Additional Public Prosecutor Ajay Patil and Advocate Ramprasad Gupta, appearing for then Superintendent of Police of Satara, argued that the Maharashtra government had conducted an inquiry and found no illegality in the arrest of Patil, and so he was not entitled to any relief in his petition.