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Patna Court Quashes Transit Remand, Bars Action for 30 Days After Andhra Arrest of Bihar IG in 2021 Torture Probe

The judge cited failures to follow inter-state arrest procedure.

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Andhra Pradesh police clear the way to escort the arrested Bihar IPS officer Sunil Kumar Nayak (unseen), in connection with the 2021 custodial torture case of former Narsapuram MP K Raghurama Krishna Raju, in Patna Monday; (inset) AP Deputy Speaker K. Raghurama Krishna Raju | ANI
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Overview

  • - An Andhra Pradesh CID team detained IPS officer M. Sunil Kumar Naik at his Patna residence after an early-morning raid and produced him in court seeking transit remand to take him to Guntur.
  • - The Patna court rejected transit remand, noting no arrest warrant, no case diary, no prior intimation to local police and other procedural lapses, and ordered no coercive action against Naik for 30 days.
  • - Naik, a 2005-batch Bihar-cadre officer now serving as IG, Fire and Home Guards, earlier served as DIG (CID) in Andhra Pradesh on deputation from 2019 to 2023; a Guntur court had rejected his anticipatory bail in January.
  • - The active FIR, registered on July 11, 2024 on a complaint by K. Raghurama Krishna Raju, alleges custodial torture in May 2021 and includes IPC sections 307 and 326, naming former CM Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and senior police and medical officials.
  • - Andhra Pradesh Police said they will appeal the Bihar court’s order, while Naik’s lawyers argue he was not named in the original FIR and plan to challenge his implication.