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Summons document handed to me by my wife Mrs Rashmi Panigrahi at 13.15 hours 15 September 2021

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Notice of Rights and Entitlements

More information for people who are not under arrest, but are interviewed by the police about an offence

Please keep this information and read it as soon as possible. It will help you to make decisions in relation to the interview.

This notice explains your rights if the police wish to ask you questions about an offence but do not arrest you. It applies whether you are interviewed after attending a police station voluntarily or at any other location where the police interview you about the offence.

If you are asked questions about a suspected offence, you do not have to say anything. However, it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

Before interviewing you about the offence the police must inform you of your right to free and independent legal advice; this includes obtaining legal advice on the telephone. The police officer must ask if you want legal advice.

The police must also inform you that you are not under arrest and are not obliged to remain at the police station or other location where the interview is to take place. You are free to leave at anytime should you choose to do so, unless the officer informs you that you are under arrest.

If the location of the interview is any place or premises at which the police officer requires your informed consent to remain, for example your home, you may withdraw your consent to remain, and ask the officer to leave at any time.

These rights and entitlements are guaranteed to you under the la in England and Wales and comply with the European Convention on Human Rights.


Getting a solicitor to help you

. A solicitor can help and advise you about the law.

. If you want a solicitor, tell the police officer. The police will help you get in touch with a solicitor.

. The police must let you talk to a solicitor at any time, day or night.

. If you do not know of a solicitor in the area or youcannot get in touch with your own solicitor, you can speak to the duty solicitor. It is free. The police will help you contact him or her. The duty solicitor is noting to do with the police.

. You are entitled to a private consultation with your solicitor on the telephone or they may decide to come and see you.

. Usually, the police are not allowed to ask you questions until you have had the chance to talk to a solicitor. When the police ask you questions you can ask for a solicitor to be in the room with you.

. If you ask to speak to a solicitor it does not make it look like you have done anything wrong.

. If a solicitor does not turn up, or you need to talk to a solicitor again, ask the police to contact him or her again.

. If you tell the police that you don’t want to speak to a solicitor but then you change your mind, tell the police officer. The police will then help you contact a solicitor.


Telling someone that you are assisting the police

You can contact someone if you wih to do so to tell them that you are being interviewed by the police. The police can assist you to do this if you ask them.


Codes of Practice

The Codes of Practice are rules which tell you what the police can and cannot do when they ask you questions. The Codes of Practice are available for you to read at police stations if you wish to do so. If you are at a police station to be interviewed and you wish to read the Codes of Practice tell the police officer.


People who need help

. If you are under 17, or you have learning problems or a mental problem then you should have someone with you when the police do certain things. This person is called your ‘appropriate adult’.

. Your appropriate adult must be with you when the police tell you about your rights and tell you why they wish to ask you questions. Your appropriate adult must also be with you when the police read the police caution to you. He or she must also be with you if you are interviewed.

. The police might also need to do one of the things listed below. Your appropriate adult should be with you for the whole time if the police do any of these things:

. Interview you or ask you to sign a written statement or police notes.

. Remove more than your outer clothes.

. Carry out anything about an identification parade.

. Inform you that you will be prosecuted for an offence.

Handwritten Comments inserted by the Police Officer into this sheet before handing the document to my wife Mrs Rashmi Rekha Panigrahi at 10.40 am:

Interview 16/9/21 @ 10.00 am

Offence: Harassment.


Getting an interpreter for you

If you do not speak or understand English the police will arrange for someone who speaks your language to help you.

If you are deaf or have difficulty speaking the police will arrange or a British Sign Language / English interpreter to help you.

When the police ask you questions the interpreter will make a record of the questions and your answers in your own language.

You will be able to check this before you sign it as an accurate record.

If you make a statement to the police, the interpreter will make a copy of that statement in your own language for you to check and sign as correct.


Complaints Procedure

If you wish to make a complaint about your treatment you may do so in person at a police station, or by phone, or in writing to:

Professional Standards Department, Kent Police Force Headquarters, Sutton Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 0BZ

Tel: 01622690690


This Notice relates to persons who are questioned about offences but who are not under arrest. A separate notice of rights and entitlements is provided for persons being held in custody at a police station after arrest.


A version of this notice with larger text is available on request.

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