Allahabad High Court awards ₹40,000 for unlawfully detaining a man to pressure his brother to surrender

1 October 2026

The judgment was delivered by Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Divesh Chandra Samant in Arvind Kumar Yadav (Corpus) and Another v State of U.P. and Others, reported as 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 773.
The Bench held that the police cannot resort to pressure tactics to compel an offender to surrender by unlawfully detaining an innocent member of the family.
The court found that the petitioner had been kept in custody in Prayagraj for at least four days, from 23 to 26 June 2026, without lawful justification.
He had no connection with the case registered against his brother.
The court awarded ₹40,000 as compensation for the wrongful detention.
The amount is to be deducted from the salaries of the police officers found responsible, as determined by the State.
The court also directed that its displeasure be recorded in the service files of the station house officer, Yogendra Kumar Singh, and the investigating officer, Ashvani Savita.