In Vihaan Kumar v. State of Haryana (2025), the Supreme Court held informing grounds of arrest to relative of accused is not sufficient and that Article 22(1) mandates that every arrested person must be informed about the grounds of arrest in a way they understand. The court declared the Appellant’s arrest was illegal due to non-compliance with Article 22(1). The Court ordered the release of Appellant immediate and quashed all subsequent remand orders. The Appellant Vihaan Kumar, arrested for alleged economic offences, argued that he was never informed of the grounds for his arrest. The police admitted that they had conveyed the reasons, but only to the wife of the Accused and not to him.
Further, it was categorically held that such intimation would ensure access to legal remedies and safeguard liberty under Article 21. Further, it was categorically held that such intimation would ensure access to legal remedies and safeguard liberty under Article 21. Thereby, the Hon’ble Supreme Court had held and affirmed that arresting anyone without intimating the reasons for such arrest would be considered an illegal arrest. Additionally, the Court, while taking note of the inhumane act of handcuffing Kumar to a hospital bed, and condemned it and held such an act to be violative of his dignity
