DK Basu versus State of West Bengal

It is a landmark judgement where in the supreme court of India constitutionalized the safeguard against the custodial torture and the custodial death. Responding to systematic police exercises the court, invoking article 21 and 22 laid down 11 mandatory guidelines for the arrest ,detention and interrogation including the identification of the officers ,medical examination and informing relatives . The judgement transform abstract constitution right into concurrent procedural law, making the state vicariously liable for custodial violence it remains the foundation charter on human dignity in criminal process and continues to inform police reform account ability and human rights jurisprudence in India.