Allahabad High Court pulled up the state authorities over illegal arrest. (Image generated using AI) The Allahabad High Court has imposed Rs 10 lakh costs on the state over the illegal arrest and incarceration of a man for a period of three months. A bench of Justices Abdul Moin and Pramod Kumar Srivastava passed the order on a habeas corpus petition, noting that the arrest memo merely mentioned the case crime number without disclosing specific grounds for arrest. “Considering the illegal arrest of the petitioner since 27.1.2026 which continues even as of date i.e. 29.4.2026 and his illegal incarceration in jail being of more than three months, the Court is of the view that exemplary costs quantified at Rupees Ten Lakhs are also imposed on the State authorities,” the bench ordered. Justices Abdul Moin and Pramod Kumar Srivastava ‘Illegal arrest’ The court noted that the petitioner was arrested without complying with the procedure as directed by the Supreme Court in the case of Mihir Rajesh Shah v.…