Section 18A(1)(b) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989…
Section 18A(1)(b) provides that "the investigating officer shall not require approval for the arrest, if necessary, of any person" accused of an offence under the Act. This…
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Section 18A(1)(b) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 provides that the investigating officer:
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Section 18A(1)(b) provides that "the investigating officer shall not require approval for the arrest, if necessary, of any person" accused of an offence under the Act. This displaced the 2018 guideline in Subhash Kashinath Mahajan that had required the approval of the appointing authority or the Senior Superintendent of Police before arrest; the victim's consent has never been a condition.