An incident took place in Pune - a young girl was attacked by a man posing
as a plain-clothes officer; he asked her to come to the police station when
she & her male friend did not have a driver's license to show. He sent the
boy off to get his license and asked the girl to accompany him to the
police station. Took her instead to an isolated area where the horrendous
crime was committed.
The law [which most of us are not aware of] clearly states that between 6
pm and 6 am, a woman has the right to REFUSE to go to the Police Station,
even if an arrest warrant has been issued against her. It is a procedural
issue that a woman can be arrested between 6pm and 6am, ONLY if she is
arrested by a woman officer & taken to an ALL WOMEN police station.
Moreover, if a male officer arrests her, it has to be proven that a woman
officer was on duty at the time of arrest.
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