Suspended IPS officer Amrit Paul, who is in judicial custody at present after his arrest in July 2022 in the police sub-inspector recruitment scam, has moved the High Court of Karnataka complaining that he is under “illegal detention”.
His petition said that he is under “illegal detention” due to the illegality committed by the police in registering and probing the case against him, and for extension of his judicial custody from time to time by the trial courts without following the due process of law.
A vacation Division Bench comprising Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar and Justice Venkatesh T. Naik, before whom the petition came up for hearing, adjourned further hearing on the petition till June 5 while ordering issue of notice to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is probing the scam.
