Sonakshi Sinha morphed photos case: Mumbai court holds Delhi arrest illegal
Aryan Deepak Jain found himself in legal trouble after being detained in Delhi for purportedly sharing altered photographs of Sonakshi Sinha. However, after being sent to Mumbai, a local magistrate released him, citing procedural errors during his arrest. The court pointed out that mandatory legal protections must be ensured for all arrests, as investigators aimed for a three-day custody to delve…
A Mumbai court on Saturday released a man arrested in Delhi over allegations of circulating doctored images of actress Sonakshi Sinha. The Bandra court ruled the detention unlawful due to improper police procedures. The accused, Aryan Deepak Jain, was arrested on Saturday morning from a police station in Delhi's Shahdara area and flown to Mumbai for a magistrate's hearing at Bandra court.
However, the court held that the police had violated protocol by not presenting Jain before the local magistrate in Delhi before his transfer. The investigators provided no justification for bypassing this step. Jain's lawyers argued the arrest violated mandatory safeguards, as his arrest did not come with a notice or explanation of the charges.
They claimed he was hastily transported to Mumbai by plane without a hearing before a local judge. The court noted that the penalties for the alleged offenses can include up to seven years in prison, stating that merely pursuing an investigation is not enough to justify an arrest without following legal safeguards.
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