House Arrest Can Be Used As A Form Of Judicial Custody, Supreme Court Says House Arrest Can Be Used As A Form Of Judicial Custody, Supreme Court Says We observe that under Section 167 in appropriate cases it will be open to courts to order house arrest, the Supreme Court said.
The Supreme Court said decision to use house arrest would be left open to the legislature.
New Delhi:
An accused can be placed under house arrest in the name of judicial custody, the Supreme Court said today, citing overcrowding in prisons and the cost of maintaining them with taxpayers money.