UP Police Barred from Late-Night Domiciliary Visits to Alleged History-Sheeter: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, in a significant ruling safeguarding individual privacy and dignity, recently restrained the Uttar Pradesh Police from conducting late-night domiciliary visits to the house of a man against whom a history sheet had been opened. The court cited the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Kharak Singh vs. The State of U.P. & Others, emphasizing that police cannot invade homes at unearthly hours under the guise of surveillance.…