PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 6 -- The Allahabad high court has strongly criticised the police's approach to constitutional safeguards, observing that officers have "traditionally paid scant regard" to the requirements of Article 22(1) of the Constitution. This article makes it mandatory for police to inform a detainee of the grounds of arrest; however, the court noted that police often fail to appreciate the significance of fundamental rights when exercising their power to arrest.

The bench, comprising justice JJ Munir and justice Tarun Saxena, allowed a petition filed by one Rakesh, quashed the remand order against him, and directed that the petitioner be released upon furnishing a bond, as he had not been provided the grounds for his arrest as requ...