Indian Police Act, 1861

Act No. 5 of 1861 In force from 1861-03-22 Ministry of Home Affairs 46 sections

An Act for the Regulation of Police.

24 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Manchu Mohan Babu v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Another
  2025 INSC 91631 July 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  Issue arose as to whether the criminal proceedings against the appellants for conducting rally and dharna against the State Government, allegedly causing obstruction to the free flow of traffic, inconvenience, annoyance and risk…

• K.P. Tamilmaran v. The State by Deputy Superintendent of Police
  2025 INSC 57628 April 2025Dismissed

  Whether the High Court was justified in upholding the conviction and sentence of A-15 under Sections 217, 218, Penal Code, 1860 and ss.3(2)(i), 4, SC/ST Act, 1989 and modifying the conviction and sentence of A-14, while upholding…

• Ankush Vipan Kapoor v. National Investigation Agency
  2024 INSC 98616 December 2024Dismissed

  Whether the NIA can investigate only the same accused who is present in the NIA investigation qua Scheduled Offences and for non-scheduled offence by virtue of Section 8 of the National Investigation Agency, 2008; In other words,…

• The State of Assam and Others v. Binod Kumar and Others
  2024 INSC 4418 January 2024Dismissed

  Rule 63(iii) of the Assam Police Manual, which dates back to a point of time when the Police Act, 1861, was in force, can be said to be still valid and lawful in the framework of the Assam Police Act, 2007 and the 2007 Rules…

• Ravi Namboothiri v. K.A. Baiju & Ors
  2022 INSC 11879 November 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. v. Atul Kumar Dwivedi & Ors
  2022 INSC 247 January 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu
  2020 INSC 62029 October 2020Directions issued
• Alok Kumar Verma v. Union of India & Anr.
  2019 INSC 368 January 2019Disposed of
• State by Lokayuktha Police v. H. Srinivas
  2018 INSC 54918 May 2018Appeal(s) allowed
• Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of U.P. and Ors.
  2013 INSC 74812 November 2013Reference answered
• State of Bihar & Anr. v. Lalu Singh
  2013 INSC 73229 October 2013Appeal(s) allowed
• Nihal Singh & Others v. State of Punjab & Others
  2013 INSC 5207 August 2013Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Haryana and Others v. Kashmir Singh and Another Etc. Etc.
  2010 INSC 6786 October 2010Appeal(s) allowed
• C. Muniappan & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu
  2010 INSC 55330 August 2010Disposed of
• In Re: Destruction of Public & Private Properties v. State of A.P. and Ors.
  2009 INSC 53516 April 2009Disposed of
• Nirmal Singh Kahlon v. State of Punjab and Ors.
  2008 INSC 121122 October 2008Dismissed
• Prakash Singh and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
  2006 INSC 64222 September 2006Directions issued
• Budh Singh and Ors. v. State of U.P.
  2006 INSC 34212 May 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• S.I. Paras Kumar and Ors. v. S.I. Ram Charan and Ors.
  2004 INSC 25312 April 2004Disposed of
• Ajay Kumar Bhuyan and Ors. v. State of Orissa and Ors.
  2002 INSC 5113 December 2002Dismissed
• Sisir Kumar Mohanty and Ors. v. St Ate of Orissa and Ors.
  2002 INSC 2779 May 2002Dismissed
• Chandra Prakash Tiwari and Ors. v. Shakuntala Shukla and Ors.
  2002 INSC 2769 May 2002Appeal(s) allowed
• Vineet Narain and Ors v. Union of India and Anr.
  1997 INSC 82618 December 1997Disposed of
• Madhu Bala v. Suresh Kumar and Ors.
  1997 INSC 56923 July 1997Appeal(s) allowed