Priors
India Against Corruption fast and Anna Hazare arrest

Preventive arrest

16 Aug 2011

In power
INC — Delhi Police
Acted
Police, Delhi
Under
Sections 107 and 151 CrPC

Police arrested Hazare in the morning outside a flat in Mayur Vihar, East Delhi, before he could go to JP Park. The Prime Minister said Hazare and six others were arrested as a preventive measure under Sections 151 and 107 CrPC because police concluded they would defy the prohibitory orders. A magistrate offered release on personal bonds with an undertaking not to violate the orders; Hazare refused and was remanded to seven days' judicial custody in Tihar Jail. That evening Delhi Police asked the magistrate to review the order, and he ordered the release at about 7 pm, according to the Prime Minister. Hazare refused to leave the jail without permission to fast at JP Park without conditions [1][2][3][4]

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The same action under other governments

For each party in power, its most recent preventive arrest in another entry. Chosen by this rule, not by hand.

  1. 2026Protests demanding the Chief Election Commissioner's resignationIn power: BJP — Delhi Police, Haryana
  2. 2009Telangana statehood agitation (2009 to 2011)In power: INC — Andhra Pradesh

Sources

  1. 1Statement by Prime Minister in the Lok SabhaPress Information Bureau (Prime Minister's Office), 17 Aug 2011T1 Record
  2. 2Rajya Sabha Official Report, Vol. 223 No. 12: Statement by Prime Minister on the situation arising out of the agitation launched by Shri Anna Hazare, and discussionRajya Sabha Secretariat, 17 Aug 2011T1 RecordArchived 22 Apr 2024
  3. 3Government flip-flops, Anna stands firmThe Tribune, Sandeep Yadav, 17 Aug 2011T4 ReportArchived 3 Jul 2018
  4. 4Witnessing the August 16 uprisingGovernance Now, Danish Raza, 17 Aug 2011T4 ReportArchived 1 Aug 2016