diff --git a/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader.go b/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader.go
index 37b847fc..ae659d22 100644
--- a/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader.go
+++ b/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader.go
@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@ func (fr *FileReader) allRowGroupFactory() itrFactory {
 //
 // IncludedLeaves and RowGroups are used to specify precisely which leaf indexes and row groups to read a subset of.
 func (fr *FileReader) GetFieldReader(ctx context.Context, i int, includedLeaves map[int]bool, rowGroups []int) (*ColumnReader, error) {
+	if i < 0 || i >= len(fr.Manifest.Fields) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: invalid field index chosen %d, there are only %d fields", arrow.ErrIndex, i, len(fr.Manifest.Fields))
+	}
+	if err := fr.checkRowGroups(rowGroups); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, rdrCtxKey{}, readerCtx{
 		rdr:            fr.rdr,
 		mem:            fr.mem,
@@ -287,6 +294,10 @@ func (fr *FileReader) RowGroup(idx int) RowGroupReader {
 
 // ReadColumn reads data to create a chunked array only from the requested row groups.
 func (fr *FileReader) ReadColumn(rowGroups []int, rdr *ColumnReader) (*arrow.Chunked, error) {
+	if err := fr.checkRowGroups(rowGroups); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	recs := int64(0)
 	for _, rg := range rowGroups {
 		recs += fr.rdr.MetaData().RowGroups[rg].GetNumRows()
@@ -312,7 +323,7 @@ func (fr *FileReader) ReadTable(ctx context.Context) (arrow.Table, error) {
 func (fr *FileReader) checkCols(indices []int) (err error) {
 	for _, col := range indices {
 		if col < 0 || col >= fr.rdr.MetaData().Schema.NumColumns() {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("invalid column index specified %d out of %d", col, fr.rdr.MetaData().Schema.NumColumns())
+			err = fmt.Errorf("%w: invalid column index specified %d out of %d", arrow.ErrIndex, col, fr.rdr.MetaData().Schema.NumColumns())
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -322,7 +333,7 @@ func (fr *FileReader) checkCols(indices []int) (err error) {
 func (fr *FileReader) checkRowGroups(indices []int) (err error) {
 	for _, rg := range indices {
 		if rg < 0 || rg >= fr.rdr.NumRowGroups() {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("invalid row group specified: %d, file only has %d row groups", rg, fr.rdr.NumRowGroups())
+			err = fmt.Errorf("%w: invalid row group specified: %d, file only has %d row groups", arrow.ErrIndex, rg, fr.rdr.NumRowGroups())
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -452,7 +463,7 @@ func (fr *FileReader) ReadRowGroups(ctx context.Context, indices, rowGroups []in
 
 func (fr *FileReader) getColumnReader(ctx context.Context, i int, colFactory itrFactory) (*ColumnReader, error) {
 	if i < 0 || i >= len(fr.Manifest.Fields) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid column index chosen %d, there are only %d columns", i, len(fr.Manifest.Fields))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: invalid column index chosen %d, there are only %d columns", arrow.ErrIndex, i, len(fr.Manifest.Fields))
 	}
 
 	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, rdrCtxKey{}, readerCtx{
diff --git a/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader_test.go b/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader_test.go
index 45e0a4f3..16c0c954 100644
--- a/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader_test.go
+++ b/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader_test.go
@@ -606,6 +606,51 @@ func TestFileReaderColumnChunkBoundsErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestFileReaderIndexValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	schema := arrow.NewSchema([]arrow.Field{{Name: "value", Type: arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Int32}}, nil)
+	record, _, err := array.RecordFromJSON(memory.DefaultAllocator, schema,
+		strings.NewReader(`[{"value": 1}]`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer record.Release()
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	writer, err := pqarrow.NewFileWriter(schema, &buf, nil, pqarrow.DefaultWriterProps())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, writer.Write(record))
+	require.NoError(t, writer.Close())
+
+	fileReader, err := file.NewParquetReader(bytes.NewReader(buf.Bytes()))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer fileReader.Close()
+
+	arrowReader, err := pqarrow.NewFileReader(fileReader, pqarrow.ArrowReadProperties{}, memory.DefaultAllocator)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = arrowReader.GetFieldReader(context.Background(), -1, nil, []int{0})
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, arrow.ErrIndex)
+	_, err = arrowReader.GetFieldReader(context.Background(), 1, nil, []int{0})
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, arrow.ErrIndex)
+	_, err = arrowReader.GetFieldReader(context.Background(), 0, nil, []int{1})
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, arrow.ErrIndex)
+	_, err = arrowReader.GetFieldReader(context.Background(), 0, nil, []int{-1})
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, arrow.ErrIndex)
+
+	fieldReader, err := arrowReader.GetFieldReader(context.Background(), 0, map[int]bool{0: true}, []int{0})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	fieldReader.Release()
+
+	_, err = arrowReader.GetColumn(context.Background(), -1)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, arrow.ErrIndex)
+	columnReader, err := arrowReader.GetColumn(context.Background(), 0)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer columnReader.Release()
+	_, err = arrowReader.ReadColumn([]int{1}, columnReader)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, arrow.ErrIndex)
+	chunked, err := arrowReader.ReadColumn([]int{0}, columnReader)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	chunked.Release()
+}
+
 func TestReadParquetFile(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := os.Getenv("PARQUET_TEST_BAD_DATA")
 	if dir == "" {