In an important judgment with a bearing on personal liberty, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the requirement of furnishing grounds of arrest to a person placed under arrest will apply even to offences under the Indian Penal Code and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and not just offences under special statutes like the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA).

The bench of Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and A G Masih said, “The constitutional mandate of informing the arrestee the grounds of arrest is mandatory in all offences under all statutes including offences under IPC 1860 (now BNS 2023).”

“The requirement of informing the arrested person the grounds of arrest, in the light of and under Article 22 (1) (Protection again

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