https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=766557 Article 22(1) requires an arrested person to be informed, as soon as may be, of the grounds of arrest in a meaningful way that conveys the basic facts to the person arrested. That constitutional safeguard is mandatory and is not satisfied by merely informing a relative or recording a bare diary entry. The investigating agency bears the burden of proving effective compliance through contemporaneous material. On the facts, the record did not show that the grounds of arrest were communicated to the appellant, so the arrest and the remand orders founded on it were vitiated and Article 21 was also breached. en-us Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:37:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=766557 Article 22(1) requires an arrested person to be informed, as soon as may be, of the grounds of arrest in a meaningful way that conveys the basic facts to the person arrested. That constitutional safeguard is mandatory and is not satisfied by merely informing a relative or recording a bare diary entry. The investigating agency bears the burden of proving effective compliance through contemporaneous material. On the facts, the record did not show that the grounds of arrest were communicated to the appellant, so the arrest and the remand orders founded on it were vitiated and Article 21 was also breached. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=766557