Bombay HC Declares Arrest Of Man Acquitted In 8 Cases Illegal, Cites Violation Of Constitutional Safeguards After Prison Release
Mumbai, October 29, 2026: The Bombay High Court’s Nagpur bench has declared the arrest of Bandra resident Arun Ferreira illegal, holding that police violated constitutional safeguards by failing to inform him of the grounds of his arrest after he was released from prison in 2011. A bench of Justices Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Raj Wakode, on October 27, found that the police had failed to follow…
The Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench has declared the arrest of Arun Ferreira illegal, citing a violation of constitutional safeguards due to the police's failure to inform him of the grounds of his arrest following his release from prison in 2011. Ferreira, a human rights lawyer and activist, was originally arrested in May 2007 and acquitted in all eight criminal cases against him.
He was released from Nagpur Central Prison on September 27, 2011, but was taken into custody by police personnel in civilian clothes shortly after his release. His lawyer lodged a complaint at Dhantoli police station, alleging that Ferreira had been forcibly taken away. The court found that the police had failed to follow mandatory arrest procedures and did not provide Ferreira or his family with the grounds of his arrest.
The bench emphasized the importance of informing arrested individuals of the reasons for their detention, stating that it is a mandatory constitutional safeguard.
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