CrPC - Litigating Hand

Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre VS. State of Maharashtra [(2011) 1 SCC 694]

Arrest should be the last option and it should be restricted to those exceptional cases

90. A great ignominy, humiliation and disgrace is attached to the arrest. Arrest leads to many serious consequences not only for the accused but for the entire family and at times for the entire community.

113. Arrest should be the last option and it should be restricted to those exceptional cases where arresting the accused is imperative in the facts and circumstances of that case. The court must carefully examine the entire available record and particularly the allegations which have been directly attributed to the accused and these allegations are corroborated by other material and circumstances on record.