# Supreme Court: arrest must be informed directly to accused 2026-08-14T04:42:27+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Supreme Court has ruled that every arrested person must be directly and meaningfully informed of the grounds for arrest, holding that communicating details to relatives or providing ambiguous records does not meet constitutional requirements. In *Vihaan Kumar v. State of Haryana* (2025), the court said failure to comply violates Article 22(1) of the Constitution and Section 47 of the BNSS, 2023. The court also held that if the initial arrest was unconstitutional, any subsequent remand orders are illegal. It condemned degrading treatment in custody under Article 21 and directed states to amend procedures. The judgment reinforces earlier guidelines from *Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar* (2014) that arrest should be an exception for offences punishable by less than seven years, and that police must justify necessity before making routine arrests. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Tags: arrest procedures, Article 22, personal liberty, Supreme Court, Vihaan Kumar judgment Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-arrest-must-be-informed-directly-to-accused/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-arrest-must-be-informed-directly-to-accused/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.