2446 SC DIRECTIVE: No police officer or jail warder on his own volition can fetter or handcuff a prisoner. A magistrate’s order has to be obtained for handcuffing. Reuters
Sankar Sen
Ex-Director, National Police Academy
The Indian Police Foundation (IPF), a police think tank, has been asked by some senior police officers to move the Supreme Court for a review of the court’s directives on the handcuffing of prisoners. In the case of Citizens for Democracy vs the State of Assam, the apex court had earlier issued detailed directives regarding the handcuffing of the arrested persons and jailed prisoners.