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Rahul Gandhi meets family of deceased youth in Maharashtra, calls for action in custodial death case

Mumbai: Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, visited the family of Somnath Suryavanshi on Monday, who died in judicial custody in Parbhani. Gandhi alleged that Suryavanshi, a Dalit, was killed whilst in custody following his arrest during protests that erupted after a mentally unstable person desecrated a replica of the constitution on December 15. Rahul Gandhi on Monday …

Dalit Congress Gandhi Fadnavis Rahul Gandhi Suryavanshi Parbhani

16 hours, 12 minutes ago

[Custodial Death] Madhya Pradesh HC Directs Shifting Of Eye-Witness To Gwalior Central Jail After Allegations Of Harassment By Police

Live Law

While hearing a case claiming police brutality inside jail premises, the Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the shifting of a man to another jail, who is stated to be the "eye witness" to the alleged custodial death of another person, during the pendency of his case. A single-judge bench of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke in his …

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Maharashtra: ‘100 % custodial death,’ says Rahul Gandhi after meeting family of deceased Suryawanshi in Parbhani

Live Mint

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, visited the family of Somnath Suryawanshi on Monday. Suryawanshi died in judicial custody following violent clashes in Maharashtra's Parbhani earlier this month. The unrest followed the vandalism of a glass-enclosed replica of the Constitution near Babasaheb Ambedkar's statue outside Parbhani railway station. 'CM lied in Assembly' Family members of deceased …

Family Constitution Maharashtra Gandhi Parbhani Suryawanshi

5 days, 16 hours ago

Maharashtra | Dalit Custodial Death Sparks Protests and Caste Tensions in Parbhani

The Hindu

Published : Dec 18, 2024 16:15 IST - 5 MINS READ The Constitution’s replica displayed in a glass box outside Parbhani railway station was damaged on December 10. The protest is being used to muzzle the Dalit voice of Parbhani.” Death in police custody Although the police denied these charges, Suryavanshi’s mother Vijaya Suryavanshi made a shocking claim. Jitendra Awhad, …

Death Action Constitution Police Custody Custody Police Action Protest

6 days, 9 hours ago

MVA Protests Over Custodial Death of Dalit Youth, Murder of Sarpanch

Deccan Chronicle

Mumbai: The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Tuesday held protests at Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan over the alleged custodial death of Somnath Surevanshi in Parbhani and the alleged murder of a sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh in Beed district. Police said that he complained of chest pain on the day he died following which Parbhani district jail authorities shifted him to the district …

Murder Constitution Protest Mva Custodial Death Parbhani

1 week ago

What do we know about the 'custodial death' of 35-year-old law student in Maharashtra's Parbhani

New Indian Express

A 35-year-old Ambedkarite youth had died under judicial custody in Parbhani on December 15. Hours after his death, the forensic department has confirmed that the law student died due to “shock following multiple injuries.” The youth, identified as Somnath Vyankat Suryawanshi, was arrested along with several others for their alleged involvement in the violent protests that rocked the city in …

Constitution Maharashtra Parbhani Law Student

1 week, 5 days 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 …

Investigation Court Haryana Transfer Punjab

2 weeks ago

Why Sanjiv Bhatt, acquitted in custodial torture case from 27 years ago, will remain in jail

India Today

Shweta Bhatt, wife of incarcerated former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, heaved a heavy sigh of relief last weekend as a Porbandar court acquitted her husband in a custodial torture case dating back to 1997. Bhatt, the former IPS officer of Gujarat cadre, is currently lodged in Rajkot Central Jail, serving a life sentence in a 1990 case of custodial death …

Court Gujarat Case Her Husband Bhatt Shweta Jamnagar

2 weeks, 1 day ago

1997 Custodial Torture Case | Gujarat Court Acquits Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt

Live Law

A court in Gujarat's Porbandar District last week acquitted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in connection with a 1997 custodial torture case. Acquitting Bhatt, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Pandya observed that the prosecution could not "prove the case beyond reasonable doubt" and that appropriate sanction to prosecuted Bhatt, the then superintendent of police. Acquitting Bhatt, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate …

Gujarat Case Ips Jadhav Porbandar Sanjiv Bhatt Custodial Torture Case

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1997 Custodial Torture Case | Gujarat Court Acquits Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt

Live Law

A court in Gujarat's Porbandar District last week acquitted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in connection with a 1997 custodial torture case. Acquitting Bhatt, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Pandya observed that the prosecution could not "prove the case beyond reasonable doubt" and that appropriate sanction to prosecuted Bhatt, the then superintendent of police. Acquitting Bhatt, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate …

Gujarat Case Ips Bhatt Jadhav Porbandar Sanjiv Bhatt

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Gujarat court acquits ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in custodial torture case

Deccan Chronicle

Porbandar: A court in Gujarat's Porbandar has acquitted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1997 custodial torture case, citing that the prosecution could not "prove the case beyond reasonable doubt". Additional chief judicial magistrate Mukesh Pandya on Saturday acquitted Bhatt, the then superintendent of police of Porbandar, in a case registered against him under IPC sections pertaining to causing …

Court Gujarat Case Ips Bhatt Porbandar Jamnagar

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt, Serving Life Imprisonment, Acquitted In Custodial Torture Case

ABP News

A court in Gujarat's Porbandar has acquitted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1997 custodial torture case, citing that the prosecution could not "prove the case beyond reasonable doubt". Additional chief judicial magistrate Mukesh Pandya on Saturday acquitted Bhatt, the then superintendent of police of Porbandar, in a case registered against him under IPC sections pertaining to causing grievous …

Court Gujarat Case Ips Bhatt Serving Life Porbandar

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt acquitted in 1997 custodial torture case; details here

Live Mint

A Porbandar court in Gujarat has acquitted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1997 custodial torture case. Bhatt was earlier sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1990 custodial death case in Jamnagar and 20 years in jail in a 1996 case relating to planting drugs to frame a Rajasthan-based lawyer in Palanpur. Bhatt and constable Vajubhai Chau, against whom …

Court Gujarat Case Pti Ips Bhatt Porbandar

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Gujarat court acquits ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in 1997 custodial torture case

India Today

A court in Gujarat's Porbandar has acquitted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1997 custodial torture case, citing that the prosecution could not "prove the case beyond reasonable doubt". Bhatt was earlier sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1990 custodial death case in Jamnagar and 20 years in jail in a 1996 case relating to planting drugs to frame …

Gujarat Case Ips Bhatt Porbandar Jamnagar Chau

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Custodial death at Karaikal sub jail: NHRC seeks explanation from police, district magistrate

New Indian Express

PUDUCHERRY: National Human Rights Commission has directed the Karaikal district magistrate, senior superintendent of police, and Karaikal district prison superintendent to explain, within eight weeks, why they failed to report the death of a prisoner, Prathish, inside solitary confinement on June 8. Prathish -- a life convict, initially lodged in Kalapet Central Prison under the charges of murder -- had …

Karaikal Nhrc

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Woman alleges custodial torture led to son's kidney damage in Coimbatore, SI transferred

New Indian Express

COIMBATORE: A sub-inspector of Mettupalayam police station was transferred to the Armed Reserve unit on Wednesday after a woman filed a complaint with the Coimbatore Superintendent of Police saying that both kidneys of her 21-year-old son have been damaged due to custodial torture by the police. Aishama of Cheran Nagar in Mettupalayam in her complaint said that her son Taufeeq …

Coimbatore Mettupalayam Kidney Damage Taufeeq

3 weeks, 5 days ago

CID Special Court in Bengaluru convicts four cops for custodial death of domestic help

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: Four policemen, including a head constable, who were working in the JB Nagar police station, have been convicted by a special court in connection with the custodial death of a 42-year-old domestic worker in 2016. Police head constable Ajaz Khan, police constables Keshav Murthy, Mohan Ram, and Siddappa Bommanahalli are convicted to undergo seven years of simple imprisonment and …

Death Nagar Rathod Jb Nagar

3 weeks, 5 days ago

HC clears police officer of 1993 custodial death

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court last week discharged a police sub-inspector accused of involvement in a 1993 custodial death case, citing lack of evidence. HC clears police officer of 1993 custodial death The case stemmed from the investigation of a theft reported on September 19, 1993, in Panvel, involving stolen gold ornaments. The court emphasised that criminal liability cannot be …

Death Court Officer Patil 1993 Custodial Death

4 weeks ago

Supreme Court scraps CBI probe, sets up SIT to investigate Bengal torture charge

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a special investigation team of West Bengal police to investigate allegations of custodial torture of two women who took part in the protests following the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. “We have a lot of faith in the young IPS officers,” a …

Supreme Court Investigation Court West Bengal Order State High

4 weeks ago

RG Kar Protests: Supreme Court Forms SIT To Probe Alleged Custodial Torture of 2 Women By Police

ABP News

The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the alleged custodial torture of two women arrested amid protests that took place in West Bengal after the horrific rape and murder of an in-duty trainee doctor at the government run RG Kar Medical College. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was dealing with West …

Women Supreme Court Court West Bengal Two Women Cbi Officers

4 weeks ago

'Senior WB Police Officers Competent, No Need For CBI' : Supreme Court Constitutes SIT To Probe Custodial Torture Allegations By RG Kar Protestors

Live Law

The Supreme Court today constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the allegations of custodial torture of 2 women arrested amid protests that took place in West Bengal after the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder incident.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was dealing with State of West Bengal's challenge to a Calcutta High Court order which directed …

Medical Supreme Court Investigation Court West Bengal Order West

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Custodial violence inquiry into death of man held for questioning in drug bust

India Today

A 36-year-old man died while being detained by the police, leading to a case being registered and investigated as a custodial death. They were first taken to the Town Police Station for inquiry and later moved to Vellanur Police Station for further inquiry, where the deceased, identified as Vigneshwaran, fainted. Following the allegations of custodial death, Alangudi Judicial Magistrate visited …

Drug

1 month ago

Judges Of PMLA Courts Not Supposed To Act Like "Extended Arm Of ED": Punjab & Haryana HC Quashes Unreasoned Custodial Interrogation Order

Live Law

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has cautioned the Judicial Officers deployed at Special PMLA Courts to not act as an "extended arm" of the central investigating agency Enforcement Directorate, by passing orders of remand against the suspect as a matter of course.Stating so, it set aside a Special Court's "routine order" granting ED custody for custodial interrogation of accused …

Court Custody Judicial Punjab Singh Sindhu Special

1 month ago

Bombay High Court criticises CID over custodial death probe in Badlapur case

India Today

The Bombay High Court on Monday criticised the Crime Investigation Department for failing to provide all relevant evidence to the magistrate conducting an inquiry into the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case. During the hearing, Shinde's family’s lawyer, Amit Katarnaware, alleged the location of the incident was a known site for encounters, with …

High Court Shinde Cid Badlapur Death Probe

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Rahul Gandhi meets family of deceased youth in Maharashtra, calls for action in custodial death case

[Custodial Death] Madhya Pradesh HC Directs Shifting Of Eye-Witness To Gwalior Central Jail After Allegations Of Harassment By Police

Maharashtra: ‘100 % custodial death,’ says Rahul Gandhi after meeting family of deceased Suryawanshi in Parbhani

Maharashtra | Dalit Custodial Death Sparks Protests and Caste Tensions in Parbhani

MVA Protests Over Custodial Death of Dalit Youth, Murder of Sarpanch

What do we know about the 'custodial death' of 35-year-old law student in Maharashtra's Parbhani

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

Why Sanjiv Bhatt, acquitted in custodial torture case from 27 years ago, will remain in jail

1997 Custodial Torture Case | Gujarat Court Acquits Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt

1997 Custodial Torture Case | Gujarat Court Acquits Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt

Gujarat court acquits ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in custodial torture case

Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt, Serving Life Imprisonment, Acquitted In Custodial Torture Case

Ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt acquitted in 1997 custodial torture case; details here

Gujarat court acquits ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in 1997 custodial torture case

Custodial death at Karaikal sub jail: NHRC seeks explanation from police, district magistrate

Woman alleges custodial torture led to son's kidney damage in Coimbatore, SI transferred

CID Special Court in Bengaluru convicts four cops for custodial death of domestic help

HC clears police officer of 1993 custodial death

Supreme Court scraps CBI probe, sets up SIT to investigate Bengal torture charge

RG Kar Protests: Supreme Court Forms SIT To Probe Alleged Custodial Torture of 2 Women By Police

'Senior WB Police Officers Competent, No Need For CBI' : Supreme Court Constitutes SIT To Probe Custodial Torture Allegations By RG Kar Protestors

Custodial violence inquiry into death of man held for questioning in drug bust

Judges Of PMLA Courts Not Supposed To Act Like "Extended Arm Of ED": Punjab & Haryana HC Quashes Unreasoned Custodial Interrogation Order

Bombay High Court criticises CID over custodial death probe in Badlapur case