The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the Punjab State police to pay a compensation of ₹10,000 to a man against whom a baseless first information report (FIR) was filed in a drug case
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed a Punjab Police official, who got an FIR registered under under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act “without any basis”, to pay compensation of.
The sub-inspector of City Hoshiarpur police station was ordered to pay a compensation of Rs 10,000 to the man for allegedly registering FIR against him even before creating a basis for it.