Punjab and Haryana High Court directs police to pay ₹10k compensation to man against whom baseless FIR was filed

The Court passed the order while granting the petitioner anticipatory bail after noting that the FIR was registered "even before creating a basis for that."

Punjab and Haryana High Court

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29 Jul 2023, 5:48 am

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the Punjab State police to pay a compensation of ₹10,000 to a man against whom a baseless first information report (FIR) was filed in a drug case [Pushpinder Kumar v State of Punjab].

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FIR

Punjab and Haryana High Court

NDPS Act

Justice Rajbir Sehrawat