A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta held that courts cannot impose overly restrictive conditions on police custody that render custodial interrogation ineffective, ruling that such conditions run counter to the statutory scheme of Section 187 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS). Setting aside restrictive conditions imposed by
Courts Cannot Impose Police Custody Conditions That Render Investigation Ineffective: SC Clarifies Remand Scheme Under BNSS
