Rights of a person being arrested by Police

There are certain legal rights provided under law to the person who is being arrested by police. Later Supreme Court have also given guidelines and directions about the rights provided to the arrestee. The list of rights provided by various means are listed below.

• The Person arrested should be informed the ground of attack and In case the offence is bailable, he shall be informed that he is entitled for bail as a matter of right and may even be released on his personal bond
• If he is not released on bail, he must be searched and all articles except wearing apparel must be placed in safe custody and a receipt should be issued .If the arrested person is a women, the search should be done by the woman.
• The Police Officer carrying out the arrest shall prepare a memo of arrest at the time of arrest and such memo shall be attested by at least one witness, who may be either a member of the family of the arrestee or a respectable person of the locality from where the arrest is made. It shall also be counter-signed by the arrestee and shall contain the time and date of arrest.
• A Person who has been arrested or detained and is being held in custody in a police station or interrogation centre or other lock-up, shall be entitled to have one friend or relative or other person known to him or having interest in his welfare being informed as soon as practicable that he has been arrested and is being detained at the particular place, unless the attesting witness of the memo of arrest is himself, such a friend or a relative of the arrestee.
• The time, place of arrest and venue of custody of arrestee must be notified by the police where the next friend or relative of the arrestee lives outside the district or town through the Legal Aid Organization in the District and the police station of the area concerned telegraphically within a period of 8 to 12 hours after the arrest.
• The person arrested must be made aware of his right to have someone informed of his arrest or detention as soon as he is put under arrest or is detained. 
• An entry must be made in the diary at the place of detention regarding the arrest of the person which shall also disclose the name of the next friend of the person who has been informed of the arrest or detention as soon as he is put under arrest or is detained.
• The arrestee should where he so requests, be also examined at the time of his arrest and major and minor injuries, if any present on his/ her body, must be recorder at that time. The "Inspection Memo" must be signed both by the arrestee and the police officer effecting the arrest and its copy provided to the arrestee.
• The arrestee should be subjected to medical examination by a trained doctor every 48 hours during his detention in custody by a doctor on the panel of approved doctors, appointed by Director, Health Service of the concerned State or Union Territory. Director, Health Service, should prepare such a panel for all Tahsils and District as well.
• Copies of all the documents including the memo of arrest, referred to above should be sent to the Magistrate for his record.
• The arrestee may be permitted to meet his lawyer during interrogation, though not throughout the interrogation.
• No person arrested should be detained in police custody for more than 24 hours , journey period from the place of arrest to Magistrate’s Court is excluded for the purpose of computing this period of 24 hours.