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title: "Does the Indian police have the right to arrest you and beat you up right after receiving a complaint? If they're not allowed to hurt anyone, is it possible to file a case against the Indian police for assaulting the suspect?"  
description: "Does the Indian police have the right to arrest you and beat you up right after receiving a complaint? If they're not allowed to hurt anyone, is it possible to file a case against the Indian police for assaulting the suspect?"  
author: "Navya Khurana"  
published: 2018-01-10  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32846/does-the-indian-police-have-the-right-to-arrest-you-and-beat-you-up-right-after-receiving-a-complaint-if-they-re-not-allowed-to-hurt-anyone-is-it-possible-to-file-a-case-against-the-indian-police-for-assaulting-the-suspect  
category: "law & legal issues"  
tags: ["laws", "india law and legal issues"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Does the Indian police have the right to arrest you and beat you up right after receiving a complaint? If they're not allowed to hurt anyone, is it possible to file a case against the Indian police for assaulting the suspect?

Does the [Indian](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2471/wazirx-received-828-requests-from-indian-international-law-enforcement-agencies) police have the [right](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80888/canada-the-rise-of-right-wing-fanaticism) to arrest you and beat you up right after receiving a complaint? If they're not allowed to hurt [anyone](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31925/is-there-a-real-hell-and-why-would-a-loving-god-send-anyone-there), is it possible to [file](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/59/encrypting-and-decrypting-files-using-c-sharp) a case [against](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2526/resolution-against-anti-satellite-tests-adopted-by-un-to-reduce-space-debris) the [Indian police](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/91/indian-police-needs-a-major-transformation) for assaulting the suspect?


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