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The Bombay High Court ruled that an arrest under PMLA Section 19 is impermissible when Section 50 proceedings have already been initiated on the same material, quashing three remand orders and directing the petitioner's immediate release. The decision reinforces procedural safeguards against parallel coercive actions by the Enforcement Directorate.
The Bombay High Court held that communicating arrest grounds in Marathi was lawful because the petitioner had consistently used the language in prior legal proceedings, affirming that Article 22(1) requires comprehension-not translation-of grounds. This sets a practical standard for language compliance in police custody across multilingual jurisdictions.
Kerala High Court upholds arrest despite procedural lapses, clarifying that specific, written grounds of arrest in a comprehensible language are mandatory under Articles 21 and 22.
Kerala High Court holds that failure to communicate arrest grounds to accused and relative vitiated arrest, entitling accused to bail under Article 22 and BNSS Section 47.
Kerala High Court holds that failure to communicate written grounds of arrest in understood language renders arrest illegal, even in POCSO cases, affirming mandatory constitutional rights under Article 22(1).