Whole police station has to be under CCTV including interrogation rooms: Punjab and Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed that CCTV cameras should be installed in every part of police stations including interrogation rooms as per the mandate of the Supreme Court judgment in Paramvir Singh Saini v. Baljit Singh and others.
Justice Amol Ratan Singh held that the Supreme Court directives are clear in that no portion of a police station should be left uncovered by CCTV and interrogation room would also be naturally covered within the ambit of the top court's order.
"Hence, with the directions issued by the Supreme Court also being to the extent that cameras be installed at not just entry and exit points and main gates of police stations, but also in all lock-ups, corridors, lobby and reception areas, verandas, out houses, rooms of officials, outside the lock-up rooms, station hall and in front of the police station compound, as also outside washrooms and toilets, the obvious implication is that no part of the police stations would be left uncovered by CCTV surveillance. Naturally therefore, any interrogation room would also be covered by such directions," the High Court said.