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The
police personnel carrying out the arrest and handling the
interrogation of the arrestee should bear accurate, visible and clear
identification and name tags with their designations.
The particulars of all such police personnel who handle
interrogation of the arrestee must be recorded in a register
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That
the police officer carrying out the arrest shall prepare a memo of
arrest at the time of arrest and such memo shall be attested by at
least one witness, who may be either a member of the family of the
arrestee or a respectable person of the locality from where the arrest
is made. It shall also be
counter signed by the arrestee and shall contain the time and date of
arrest.
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A
person who has been arrested or detained and is being held in custody
in a police station or interrogation centre or other lock up, shall be
entitled to have one friend or relative or other person known to him
or having interest in his welfare being informed, as soon as
practicable, that he has been arrested and is being detained at the
particular place, unless the attesting witness of the memo of arrest
is himself such a friend or a relative of the arrestee.
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The
time, place of arrest and venue of custody of an arrestee must be
notified by the police where the next friend or relative of the
arrestee lives outside the district or town through the Legal Aid
Organisation in the District and the police station of the area
concerned telegraphically within a period of 8 to 12 hours after the
arrest.
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The
person arrested must be made aware of his right to have someone
informed of his arrest or detention as soon as he is put under arrest
or is detained.
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An
entry must be made in the diary at the place of detention regarding
the arrest of the person which shall also disclose the name of the
next friend of the person who has been informed of the arrest and the
names land particulars of the police officials in whose custody the
arrestee is.
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The
arrestee should, where he so requests, be also examined at the time of
his arrest and major and minor injuries, if any present on his/her
body, must be recorded at that time. The ‘Inspection Memo’ must be
signed both by the arrestee and the police officer effecting the
arrest and its copy provided to the arrestee.
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The
arrestee should be subjected to medical examination by the trained
doctor every 48 hours during his detention in custody by a doctor on
the panel of approved doctors appointed by Director, Health Services
of the concerned State or Union Territory, Director, Health Services
should prepare such a panel for all Tehsils and Districts as well.
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Copies
of all the documents including the memo of arrest, referred to above,
should be sent to the Magistrate for his record.
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The
arrestee may be permitted to meet his lawyer during interrogation,
though not throughout the interrogation.
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A
police control room should be provided at all district and State
headquarters where information regarding the arrest and the place of
custody of the arrestee shall be communicated by the officer causing
the arrest, within 12 hours of effecting the arrest and at the police
control room it should be displayed on a conspicuous notice board.