Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 615 · Decided 16 December 1994
SMT. Harbans Kaur v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 615 · [1994] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 642
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 203/1994
- Decided
- 16 December 1994
- Bench
- B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, S.C. SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Hearing Adjourned
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420, 408, 468, 471, 148, 411; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Article 32 Habeas Corpus-Petitioner alleging illegal detention, torture and harassment of her sons by police-Allegation of Custodial death of one. son-Directions by Supreme Court-Enquiry into alleged illegal detention and custodial death. The petitioner filed a writ of General of Police, Punjab to produce her sons SP and SS as well as an inquiry into the cause of death of her other son G who died in police custody. The case of the petiti<mer was that her sons SP and SS were picked up by police on 3.4.94 and 5.4.94 respectively. They were not only kept in
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