Palnadu District: In a sensational incident in Piduguralla town of Palnadu district, it is known based on phone call records that a young reporter from Reporter TV, Edukondalu, was arrested last Tuesday. The city police department is facing severe criticism after allegations were made that CI Venkat Rao and some other police personnel were involved in this incident.
According to the details, it is known that there is some dispute between a person named Ramesh belonging to the Jana Sena Party and reporter Edukondalu in a group belonging to the Kapu social community. Based on the CI call records, there is some suspicion that a person named Ramesh, with the help of CI Venkat Rao, politicized the caste dispute and arrested the political tiger after 9 pm.
The CI affair has become clear here that the Supreme Court is completely trampling on the temple lines. It seems that the CIA is also implementing its own law, even the Supreme Court ruling that the police must inform the reason in writing to anyone arrested. They are playing with the lives of the youth by fabricating false cases. For the past week, the phone of reporter Edukondalu has been switched off. Which makes sense. Where is the phone? Where is the reporter? The responsibility to disclose the details lies with the district SP.
The Supreme Court of the country has issued a sensational judgment to protect the constitutional rights of the arrested accused. A bench comprising Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih has made it clear that the reasons for the arrest, regardless of the crime, should be informed in writing and in a language that the accused can understand, without any exceptions.
According to Article 22(1) of the Constitution, this judgment strongly supports the idea that the reasons for the arrest should be informed to the arrested person as soon as possible.
Justice Augustine George Masih, in his 52-page judgment, clarified that “this is not a formality. It is a fundamental protection guaranteed by the Constitution to the personal liberty of citizens.” The bench said that the accused must be informed of the reason for his arrest and the nature of the charges against him.
This knowledge alone will enable the accused to seek legal assistance and respond appropriately to the charges against him.
2-hour deadline for remand:
Generally, written reasons must be given at the time of arrest. However, if due to special circumstances it is not possible to give reasons at the time of arrest, the Supreme Court has made it clear that they must be given in writing at least two hours before the accused is produced before the judge for remand.
Failure to comply with this deadline will render the arrest and the remand of the accused unlawful.
The verdict came on an appeal filed by Mihir Rajesh Shah, an accused in the 2024 BMW hit-and-run case in Mumbai. Shah had challenged the legality of his arrest on the ground that he was not given the reasons for his arrest in writing.
To implement this historic verdict of the Supreme Court, the bench directed the Supreme Court Registry to send copies of it to the Registrar Generals of all High Courts and the Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories.
Despite such a detailed Supreme Court verdict, the fact that the District SP has not taken appropriate action against CI Venkat Rao even today raises many suspicions among the local people.
Will the District SP respond and take appropriate action or will we have to wait and see
