Tag: police misconduct

The Orissa High Court granted bail on Wednesday to a female companion of an Indian Army officer who was arrested over the weekend in Bhubaneswar, highlighting procedural lapses by the police during the arrest. Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra, while granting bail, pointed out that the police officers involved failed to adhere to the procedures outlined in section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which governs the conditions under which an individual can be arrested without a magistrate’s order.

In a significant move, the Odisha government has suspended senior IPS officer Pandit Rajesh Uttamrao for alleged grave misconduct. The decision follows accusations that Uttamrao forcibly entered the home of a married woman police inspector and behaved inappropriately.