The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the arrest of former Indian Police Service officer Kuldip Sharma in a 41-year-old wrongful confinement case and granted him exemption from surrendering before the trial court.

The order was passed by a bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Manmohan while hearing Sharma’s plea challenging a Gujarat High Court order.

Sharma’s lawyer IH Syed told Scroll that the Supreme Court has overturned the High Court order and granted the former officer relief in the matter.

The case dates back to 1984 when Sharma was posted as the deputy superintendent of police in Kutch. He was accused of assaulting and unlawfully detaining an alleged smuggler Haji Abdul, who is also known as Ibhalaseth Haji Ibrahim Mandhra, inside a police station.

The complaint, however, was f

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