In Brief
In this writ petition and contempt matter involving a senior Indian Police Service officer, the Supreme Court considered whether contempt proceedings could determine if the officer should be arrested for CBI custodial interrogation in a chit-fund scam investigation. The Court held that contempt proceedings cannot decide substantive questions about custodial detention. Reasons recorded in earlier orders declining such detention cannot be used as grounds for accepting or rejecting future applications. The contempt petition was directed to be listed for regular hearing, keeping substantive questions about arrest and interrogation separate from the contempt proceedings.">
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