Bombay HC Awards ₹10,000 Compensation for Invasion of Privacy and Dignity After Police Entered Woman’s Bedroom Without Woman Constable; Tells State to Recover from Officers
Police entered a woman’s bedroom without a woman constable, seized her mobile phone without a seizure panchnama, and recorded no grounds in the case diary. Bombay HC holds both the search under Section 185 and the seizure under Section 105 of the BNSS violated mandatory procedure and Article 21 of the Constitution.