The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Thanjavur man @ a Thanjavur man was picked up around 27.07.2002 for enquiry into electricity-wire theft, beaten with lathis in the station in his wife's presence, formally arrested on 01.08.2002, remanded, and died in custody on 07.08.2002. Though death occurred on 07.08.2002, the body was retained 48 hours and post-mortem conducted only on 09.08.2002, with the requisition itself dated 09.08.2002. On 26.06.2023 the Madras High Court held the authorities let the body decompose so all evidence of violence would stand effaced, calling it a calculated attempt of the police authorities. The Court allowed the writ petition and directed Rs.10,00,000 compensation for custodial torture and demise in police custody within four weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 26 June 2023 in W.P. No.33577 of 2005, the Madras High Court (Coram: Anita Sumanth, J.) returned findings adverse to 5 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Taluk Police Station, Thanjavur; Inspector of Police, Taluk Police Station, Thanjavur; Inspector of Police, Kallaperambur Police Station, Thanjavur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Thanjavur Police; Police Constable, Thanjavur Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).
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“It is all too apparent that the attempt of the authorities was to disrupt the integrity of the body and ensure its decomposition so that all evidence of violence would stand effaced / erased. This is a calculated attempt of …” (para 30)
The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 1,000,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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