MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court’s Nagpur Bench has held that the September 2011 arrest of activist Arun Ferreira was “illegal” and directed the Maharashtra govern. It held that the police had violated his fundamental rights under Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution.The bench said that when police officers, whose primary responsibility is to uphold the law, violate it, the punishment must be proportionate and stringent enough to have a deterrent effect.