Did the Police and Magistrate Follow Statutory Procedure in Disha Ravi s Arrest?
The Code of Criminal Procedure specifies the manner in which an arrest is to be effected and deviations from the code would make the arrest illegal and the arresting police officials liable for punishment.
File photo of environmental activist Disha Ravi. Photo: Mid-Day
Rights22/Feb/2021
The 18th century Italian criminologist, jurist and philosopher Cesare Beccaria was probably the first person to have theorised rules of legislation in a series of articles on various aspects of criminal law published in English as
An Essay On Crimes and Punishments. He propounded the theory of separation of powers by saying it is not for the sovereign who represents society to say whether any individual has violated the law. In case of a violation, there are two parties: the state, which insists there has been a violation, and the other, who denies it. So there must be a third party to arbitrate.
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