Yes police can search the hotel room on information of informant about prostitution activities but cannot enter an occupied room withour warrant if guest is staying after providing proper identification.
I hav a hotel of 7 rooms a budget hotel.. Police comes to check my hotel anytime , they enter every rooms . So my question is can they enter any ones room whether its hotel or residence without warrant or valid proof?
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Yes police can search the hotel room on information of informant about prostitution activities but cannot enter an occupied room withour warrant if guest is staying after providing proper identification.
Can they check private residence as well?
No they can't. They need a search warrant. Without search warrant they can't check private residence
Poluce have framed following guidelines for checking rooms
Where privacy involved police can not enter without warrant. That is one's house.
In other cases it depends upon facts and circumstances.
In hotel if police suspect or there is sufficient reason to believe that, some illegal activities are being carried out , police may without warrant search hotel room, preferably with some hotels management staff.
No police cannot forcefully enter the room.and cannot check without any warrant though in some case they might enter if they have any apprehension but they cannot do this every day.
They cannot enter private residence and check like this without warrant. It is your private space and you have right of privacy.
If you have all the valid licenses required for a hotel then plz show the police those next time they come to your hotel
They have to give a valid reason why they visit your hotel
Under pretext of doing duty they cannot just invade someone's privacy
Generally such visits are done to ascertain that no immoral activities are being done from the place.
If you have such doubts then take necessary licenses for running as a hotel from local authority. The police has Right to check the hotel any time ,normally the police act as per guide lines.First they check the record and guest details .
Without warrant they can't check if you have valid licenses to run the hotel and NOC from police commissioner office.
If they are harassing you like this and taking money from you than can make complaints against them in anti corruption Beauro.
Hello,
Police officials cannot enter your private premises without due notice unless they have the reason to believe that you harbour an offender or there is a stolen goods in your property or there are some miscreants inside the property. I suggest you to hire a good High Court criminal lawyer and file a writ against this kind of police atrocities.
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1. Police are vested with discretionary powers to check Private /Public places without any warrant /summon /notices, IF they have information or suspect of:
a) Probable Terrorist activities
b) Immoral /Gambling /Drug activities
c) Any other illegal activities /search for fugitives etc....
2. Further IF the area is enforced under section 144, THEN Police can even restrain movements.
3. However IF it is a frequent issue bordering on harassment without any history of past events, THEN a restraining order to the Police can be obtained from the State High Court.
They have to have a strong suspicion. If they are harassing you then you should file an application before the magistrate.
1. Police can make search of any property for prevention of apprehended crime.
2. However, such search should not be for harassing the Hotel owner without any ground.
They shall have to bring search warrant if they want to enter in to any private residence unless they can prove that they had information about a criminal hiding therein or a crime is being committed or being prepared to be committed. .
The police can enter your hotel or office without a warrant, but only under very limited circumstances.
Officers can't just barge into any hotel room without a warrant, nor can they get past the warrant requirement by asking the hotel's permission to search. Indeed, hotels and motels typically don't have the authority to let the police search the room of a registered guest without a warrant.
The police don't have the power to search premises without a warrant. However, they may have obtained the permission of the person concerned. This changes things, and means they can Law enforcement agencies are generally on the lookout for illegal activities. It is their job to ensure that there is no wrongdoing going on in the society.
he police can enter your private residence or office without a warrant, but only under very limited circumstances. ... If the police come to your house to question you or any member of your family in connection to a case, they may only enter at your invitation.
Property that is within your house or on your property is generally considered to be private. If the police have to enter onto your property in order to get a look at evidence that they wish to use in court, they generally need a search warrant to do so.