Man mistakenly arrested in Karnataka compensated with Rs 5 lakh
Bengaluru, Aug 1: A 56-year-old man has been compensated with Rs 5 lakh for having been wrongfully arrested in a criminal case, due to a confusion over his name.
Ningaraju N, a resident of Kalidasa Layout here, had approached the High Court claiming that in the criminal case filed in 2011, the alleged accused Raju NGN was not him.
Quashing the case against him, the HC said, It is rather shocking that a person has been arrested without ascertaining whether he was the person who was required to be arrested and that the warrant had been issued against him.
Justice Suraj Govindaraj in his judgment dated July 7 noted that, his identification was not cross-checked and verified, resulting (in) an innocent person being arrested.
The HC said that the Right of Life and Liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution is paramount and there is a violation of the fundamental right in this case.
The court said the state was liable to compensate the arrestee for having put him through loss of liberty as also loss of reputation. The compensation was fixed at Rs 5 lakh which the court said was payable within eight weeks.
Ningaraju was arrested because the name of his father (Ningegowda) was similar to the name of the person named in the warrant.
I'm unable to comprehend as to how the name of the father being similar or even identical would have any role to play in the arrest, extrapolating the same logic if the arrest warrant has been issued for one brother, another brother or maybe even the sister could be arrested, merely, because the father name is identical.
Ningaraju was arrested on the wrong assumption that he was the ex-director of the Ms India Holiday (Pvt) Ltd, which was under liquidation.
Further, to prevent such incidents in the future the High Court directed that if Guidelines or Standard Operating Procedure are already issued to cater to this situation, training in this regard to be provided to all arresting officers.
If such a SOP is not already in place, the Director General of Police was directed to issue the guidelines as to what steps to be taken by the arresting officer before arresting a person including the verification of identity. This was directed to be issued within four weeks.
The HC will hear the matter again on September 1 to assess the compliance of the directions.
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Karnataka Dy CM meets Gadkari to discuss pending state projects
New Delhi, May 7 (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday met Union Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and discussed projects in the state.
Shivakumar discussed various development projects in Bengaluru and other parts of the state, an official statement said.
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Administrative Officer Tushar Girinath, Chief Commissioner Maheshwara Rao and other state officials were present in the meeting.
Met Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Shri @nitin_gadkari avaru in New Delhi today, along with senior officials.
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) May 7, 2025
We discussed key infrastructure and connectivity projects crucial to the growth of Bengaluru and Karnataka. Productive and forward-looking conversation. pic.twitter.com/2pSYB5W6sT
