
Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Article 22(1) | Arrest Grounds Valid in Language Previously Used by Accused: Bombay HC
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.