BENGALURU: The high court expressed shock over the arrest of a wrong person without proper verification of identity by police while executing a warrant in a company liquidation case. It directed the state government to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to applicant N Ningaraju for loss of liberty and reputation.
While granting liberty to the government to recover the said amount from the police officers who had arrested the applicant, the court directed the director general of police to issue suitable guidelines or standard operating procedure (SOP) on what steps are to be taken by an officer before arresting a person, including verification of identity.
