Overview
- Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal granted bail to Furkan on March 10 in a four-wheeler theft case registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- The court recorded that he remained in jail 15 additional days after the investigating officer wrongly reported 12 criminal cases instead of five.
- ADG (Technical Services) Naveen Arora acknowledged a data-entry error and noted that tracing criminal history is straightforward via CCTNS.
- The Uttar Pradesh government was directed to pay Rs 50,000 to the applicant within one month as compensation for the delay.
- The court ordered the DGP to ensure accuracy in criminal-history reporting and told the Director of Prosecution to provide staffing so ICJS access is actually used.