In the name of the law | Custodial torture and deaths in Uttar Pradesh
4 months, 2 weeks ago

In the name of the law | Custodial torture and deaths in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

Tapeshwari Devi recounts the night of October 25 with sadness and anger. Shobha Ram, who was released the day Mohit died, describes the police station as “filthy” and says they were treated badly. Only cases that get thrust into the limelight or are scrutinised by the media lead to action or punishment,” says Gajendra Singh Yadav, an anti-torture activist and lawyer, who filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission over Mohit’s death. “While we faced a lathi charge when we protested outside the Vikas Nagar police station, no case of murder was registered against the accused police personnel,” she says. : the “lack of competence of law-enforcement agencies in investigating a crime, the pressure they face from their superiors, and the threats they receive of getting suspended or removed from the field if they do not ‘show results.’” The other reason, he contends, is the “failure of human rights organisations to address the scourge.” Yadav, the anti-torture activist, says the U.P.

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Calcutta HC Directs Fresh Probe Into Custodial Death Of Four Undertrial Prisoners, Orders Action Against Non-Use Of CCTV In Police Stations
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Calcutta HC Directs Fresh Probe Into Custodial Death Of Four Undertrial Prisoners, Orders Action Against Non-Use Of CCTV In Police Stations

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday scrapped a final report by the West Bengal CID into the death of four undertrial prisoners at the Baruipur Correctional Home. The CID in its report had submitted that the prisoners had died due to their drug use and that there was no evidence of custodial torture.In going through the post-mortem report, a division …

Youth Dies After Alleged Custodial Torture In Punjab: High Court Transfers 2021 Probe To Haryana Police
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Youth Dies After Alleged Custodial Torture In Punjab: High Court Transfers 2021 Probe To Haryana Police

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has transferred investigation into death of a youth, who passed in 2021 after alleged custodial torture at Budhlada police station in Punjab's Mansa district, to IPS officer Himadri Kaushik, currently posted as DCP in Haryana's Panchkula. Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj said, "This Court has noticed the stand of the respondents but it has nowhere …

Custodial Death Of 26-Yr-Old: Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction, 10 Years Sentence Of Uttar Pradesh Cops In 2006 Case
1 year, 9 months ago

Custodial Death Of 26-Yr-Old: Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction, 10 Years Sentence Of Uttar Pradesh Cops In 2006 Case

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court today upheld the conviction and 10 years of sentence awarded to five cops of the Uttar Pradesh Police over custodial torture resulting in death of a young 26-years-old man in 2006. A division bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Anish Dayal dismissed the appeals moved by the five police officials and upheld the trial court …

Custodial Torture Not Official Duty: Bombay Hight Court Directs Sessions Court To Enhance Charges Against Police Officers From Hurt To Murder
2 years ago

Custodial Torture Not Official Duty: Bombay Hight Court Directs Sessions Court To Enhance Charges Against Police Officers From Hurt To Murder

Live Law  

Observing that a sanction isn’t required to prosecute police officers in cases of death due to custodial torture, the Bombay High Court directed a Special CBI Court to charge three police officers with murder of a 23-year-old man in 2009. Justice PD Naik set aside an order of the Sessions Court simply upholding charges under section 323 of the IPC, …

Assam court directs case against cop over custodial torture
2 years, 5 months ago

Assam court directs case against cop over custodial torture

India TV News  

Highlights The suspects claimed that the physical abuse in custody was carried out One of them was tortured in various ways, including rubbing of chilli powder on private parts They also pointed to a policeman present in the court who had helped in the torture Assam cop custodial torture: A court in Assam's Karimganj district has directed that a case …

Custodial Violence A Concern For Civilized Society: Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Cop Accused Of Killing 24 Yr Old Man
2 years, 7 months ago

Custodial Violence A Concern For Civilized Society: Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Cop Accused Of Killing 24 Yr Old Man

Live Law  

"Custodial violence, custodial torture and custodial deaths have always been a concern for civilized society. Times and again the judicial verdicts of the Apex Court and other Courts have shown their concern and anguish in such matters," observed Allahabad High Court as it denied bail to a cop in connection with the custodial death of a 24-year-old man.The bench of …

Allegations Of Custodial Torture Levelled By An Undertrial Not Ground To Assume Similar Treatment Meted Out To Related Accused: Calcutta High Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Allegations Of Custodial Torture Levelled By An Undertrial Not Ground To Assume Similar Treatment Meted Out To Related Accused: Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus at the instance of the petitioner by opining that the allegation of custodial torture against another accused in a different case cannot ipso facto raise presumption in the mind of the Court that custodial torture is being meted out to the petitioner as well.A Bench comprising …

Spectre of brutality: Custodial death in Chennai shocks Tamil Nadu
2 years, 10 months ago

Spectre of brutality: Custodial death in Chennai shocks Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

On the night of April 18, a team of Chennai policemen, carrying out a routine vehicle check, stopped an auto-rickshaw and found one of its occupants, Vadivel Vignesh,, a pavement dweller who makes a living giving joyrides on horses at the city’s famous Marina beach, in possession of some “dry ganja leaves barely adequate for two cigarette fillings, a quarter …

17-yr-old Dies Due to 'Custodial Torture' by UP Cops on Suspicion of Mobile Theft; 3 Personnel Suspended
3 years, 2 months ago

17-yr-old Dies Due to 'Custodial Torture' by UP Cops on Suspicion of Mobile Theft; 3 Personnel Suspended

News 18  

A 17-year-old boy, who was allegedly beaten mercilessly by his uncle and three cops inside a police outpost on suspicion of mobile theft, died at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. Lakhimpur Kheri SSP Sanjeev Suman said: “We are investigating the complaint against the policemen and no one will be spared if found guilty.” A video, now viral on …

5 Custodial Deaths Per Day, Rapes, Caste Crimes: Why CJI Finds Threat to Human Rights in 'Thanas'
3 years, 7 months ago

5 Custodial Deaths Per Day, Rapes, Caste Crimes: Why CJI Finds Threat to Human Rights in 'Thanas'

News 18  

Custodial torture and other police atrocities still prevail in India and even the “privileged are not spared third-degree treatment”, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Sunday. News18 takes a look at the situation in police stations and what may have prompted the CJI to take note: 5 deaths per day According to National Human Rights Commission, a …

When Savior Becomes The Abuser
3 years, 8 months ago

When Savior Becomes The Abuser

Live Law  

"If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it." Many cases have been registered against the police personnel for human right violations across the country during 2018 involving encounter killings, Custodial deaths, illegal detention, torture, causing hurt etc. Indian Annual Report on Torture 2019 from National Commission Against Torture shows that out of total …

"State Is Vicariously Liable": NHRC Recommends Payment Of Rs.1Lakh By Home Ministry To Victims Of Custodial Torture By Delhi Police
4 years, 1 month ago

"State Is Vicariously Liable": NHRC Recommends Payment Of Rs.1Lakh By Home Ministry To Victims Of Custodial Torture By Delhi Police

Live Law  

The National Human Rights Commission has recommended payment of Rs. While recommending that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs pays one lakh to the victims, the Commission has also called for the report of departmental action taken against the six erring police official, who are facing trial. The Commission's recommendation has come after its decision to dismiss Delhi Police's plea …

Custodial Torture Leading to Death of Person Not Acceptable in Civilised Society: SC
4 years, 1 month ago

Custodial Torture Leading to Death of Person Not Acceptable in Civilised Society: SC

News 18  

Custodial violence which lead to the death of a person is "abhorrent" and not acceptable in the civilised society, the Supreme Court on Thursday said, while refusing to compound the offence of two policemen, accused of assaulting a man, who later succumbed to injuries in 1988 in Odisha. The custodial violence on the deceased which led to the death is …

Poor account for 71% of custodial deaths in India
4 years, 3 months ago

Poor account for 71% of custodial deaths in India

The Hindu  

Data culled from the annual reports of the National Human Rights Commission from 1996-97 to 2017-18 have revealed that 71.58% of the custodial deaths in India were of people from poor or marginalised sections of society, said a statement by an anti-torture group issued on Thursday to mark the United Nations Human Rights Day. According to the New Delhi-based National …

Why a separate anti-torture law?
4 years, 8 months ago

Why a separate anti-torture law?

The Hindu  

The alleged torture of a father-son duo in Sattankulam town in Tamil Nadu has once again given rise to the demand for a separate law against torture. Though the definition of ‘hurt’ does not include mental torture, Indian courts have included psychic torture, environmental coercion, tiring interrogative prolixity, and overbearing and intimidatory methods, among others, in the ambit of torture. …

Custodial Torture And Deaths: The Dark Side Of Indian Police
4 years, 8 months ago

Custodial Torture And Deaths: The Dark Side Of Indian Police

Live Law  

The deaths of Jayaraj and Bennix at Santhankulam in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu due to torture in police custody has once again brought into light the ugly side of the methods used by the India's police authorities. The Report goes on to state – "Out of the 125 deaths, 93 persons died during police custody due to alleged torture/foul play while …

Seventeen years since Khwaja Yunus died in Mumbai Police custody, Indian cops still unaccountable for custodial deaths
4 years, 8 months ago

Seventeen years since Khwaja Yunus died in Mumbai Police custody, Indian cops still unaccountable for custodial deaths

Firstpost  

The outrage and debates around the chilling custodial deaths of a father-son duo in Tamil Nadu sound a bit too familiar to Sayyad Khwaja Hussain, 50. “We keep having the same debates after a case but nothing changes on the ground,” says Hussain, “And if the families want justice, the legal formalities take up your life.” Seventeen years after Yunus’ …

Police Brutality: A Case For Urgent Intervention By The Constitutional Courts
4 years, 8 months ago

Police Brutality: A Case For Urgent Intervention By The Constitutional Courts

Live Law  

Police brutality manifests itself both on and off the street – in the form of lathi charges, provocative firing on citizens, public shaming and beating, fake encounters, custodial torture happening in police station and other penitentiaries. Realising the need for judicial intervention in such matters, detailed guidelines were formulated by the Supreme Court in the cases of Joginder Singh and …

'Custodial Torture And Deaths Are Crimes Against Humanity': SCAORA Condemns Jeyaraj-Bennix Custodial Deaths[Read Resolution]
4 years, 8 months ago

'Custodial Torture And Deaths Are Crimes Against Humanity': SCAORA Condemns Jeyaraj-Bennix Custodial Deaths[Read Resolution]

Live Law  

The Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Advocates-On- Record Association has condemned the "barbaric custodial torture" inflicted upon the father-son duo by the police officers of Sathankulam Police Station at Thoothukudi District in Tamil Nadu. Expressing its "deep anguish and dismay" on the tragic incident, the SCAORA said, "Since the competent authorities are stated to be examining the conduct of …

Five custodial deaths in India daily, says report
4 years, 9 months ago

Five custodial deaths in India daily, says report

The Hindu  

A total of 1,731 people died in custody in India during 2019. Timed with the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, ‘India: Annual Report on Torture 2019’ said 1,606 of the deaths happened in judicial custody and 125 in police custody. “Out of the 125 deaths in police custody, Uttar Pradesh topped with 14 deaths, followed by Tamil …

Who will police the police? Supreme Court asked 38 years ago
5 years, 2 months ago

Who will police the police? Supreme Court asked 38 years ago

The Hindu  

Police brutality and detention of students, activists and citizens, including allegations of custodial violence against a 66-year-old Muslim cleric in Uttar Pradesh in connection with anti-CAA protests bring to the fore the Supreme Court’s 38-year-old question: “Who will police the police?” An exaggerated insistence on “proof beyond reasonable doubts” by courts in cases of custodial violence by ignoring ground realities …

Custodial death: 10-year imprisonment for 5 cops
6 years ago

Custodial death: 10-year imprisonment for 5 cops

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Wednesday sentenced five Uttar Pradesh police personnel to 10-year rigorous imprisonment each in a case of torturing a man to death in their custody at Noida’s Sector 20 police station in 2006. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar Malhotra awarded the jail term to Sub-Inspectors Hindveer Singh and Mahesh Mishra and Constables Pradeep Kumar, Pushpender Kumar and …

Bihar custodial deaths highlight State's failure to ensure safety of inmates; reiterates need to ratify UN treaty against torture
6 years ago

Bihar custodial deaths highlight State's failure to ensure safety of inmates; reiterates need to ratify UN treaty against torture

Firstpost  

The study of custodial deaths reveals that more than 65 per cent are attributed to suicide, about 25 per cent to mental shock and less than five per cent to police harassment The death of two men in police custody in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district on 7 March was just one of many cases of custodial deaths reported every year in …

Book Review: “Custody Jurisprudence Under Criminal Justice Administration” By Dr Kavita Singh
6 years, 9 months ago

Book Review: “Custody Jurisprudence Under Criminal Justice Administration” By Dr Kavita Singh

Live Law  

Custodial violence and death due to torture in police custody strike a severe blow to our libertarian democracy and constitutional conscience. While it is true that several provisions of the Indian Penal Code could be invoked in cases involving custodial torture, the fact of the matter is that these provisions are not only few in number but are also grossly …

Unnao rape case: Fresh visuals confirm victim's father, who died in judicial custody, was tortured before being sent to jail
6 years, 11 months ago

Unnao rape case: Fresh visuals confirm victim's father, who died in judicial custody, was tortured before being sent to jail

India TV News  

In a shocking revelation in the Unnao rape case, visuals have emerged confirming that the 16-year-old victim’s father, who died on Monday, was tortured before being sent to judicial custody. The visuals show the victim’s father on a stretcher after being thrashed brutally allegedly by Atul Singh Sengar, the brother of BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, and his aides. Chief …

Uttar Pradesh’s Organised Crime Control Bill gives Yogi Adityanath government a tool for state terror and police excess
6 years, 11 months ago

Uttar Pradesh’s Organised Crime Control Bill gives Yogi Adityanath government a tool for state terror and police excess

Firstpost  

The Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Bill proposed by Yogi Adityanath government contains provisions which flagrantly contravene essential guarantees against the application of criminal law as laid down in the Constitution, and if passed could send the state closer to a reign of lawlessness and terror On 28 March this year, Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath government passed the Uttar …

Hundreds of Custodial Deaths in India Suggest Police Torture
8 years, 3 months ago

Hundreds of Custodial Deaths in India Suggest Police Torture

The Quint  

The infamous deaths of Khalid Muzaffar Wani – elder brother of Burhan Wani – in Kashmir and Agnelo Valdaris in Mumbai are just two among many cases that have been shrouded in mystery. The families of both the individuals have suspected brutal torture by the police that led to the deaths. In such a scenario, where police torture is allegedly …

Bombay High Court suggests Mechanism to Prevent Custodial Deaths
10 years, 9 months ago

Bombay High Court suggests Mechanism to Prevent Custodial Deaths

Live Law  

On Friday, a Bombay High Court bench comprising of Justice V.M. Kode reportedly observed that a mechanism should be developed to prevent custodial deaths and excessive use of force during interrogation.The petition was filed by the father of a custodial death victim, Agnelo Valdaris and three others. Kode reportedly observed that a mechanism should be developed to prevent custodial deaths …

Victim of the system
16 years, 3 months ago

Victim of the system

The Hindu  

A national project seeks to raise awareness on torture and ultimately influence policies relating to the misuse of official power. Affidavits filed in the District Magistrates court and the State Human Rights Commission about the torture have not yielded results. Complaints have been sent to the Senior Superintendent of Police, the National Human Rights Commission, the Uttar Pradesh Home Secretary …

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