notice / procedural template

Complaint against Failure to Follow DK Basu Arrest Guidelines

Formal complaint to Senior Police Officers and Magistrate against non-compliance with statutory arrest safeguards.

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COMPLAINT AGAINST ILLEGAL ARREST AND CONTEMPT OF ARREST SAFEGUARDS

To: The Commissioner of Police / Superintendent of Police, [Insert District]

1. On [Insert Date], officers of [Insert Police Station] arrested [Insert Name] without uniform name tags, without preparing an Arrest Memo, and without intimating family members.
2. This constitutes willful defiance of D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal and Section 35/47/48 BNSS.
3. Immediate disciplinary and penal action is demanded.

Complainant / Advocate

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