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...R.V Raveendran, J.— An undated letter from the petitioner, received by this Court on 19-11-1998, alleging illegal detention, custodial torture and harassment to family members...detention and beating of the petitioner and his relatives, the allegations of custodial torture are exaggerated and to a certain extent false.(iii) There is no...the Constitution.Compensation as a public law remedy31. Though illegal detention and custodial torture were recognised as violations of the...

...custodial torture by the police.2. Custodial violence, torture and abuse of police power are not peculiar to this country, but it is widespread. It has been the concern of the...out for making life meaningful and not a mere animal existence. It is, therefore, difficult to comprehend how torture and custodial violence can be permitted to defy the rights flowing from the...are under a new and unwarranted peril because the guardians of the law destroy the human rights by custodial violence and torture invariably resulting in death. The vulnerability of human rights...

...took note of these immortal observations while deprecating custodial torture by the police.2. Custodial violence, torture and abuse of police power are not peculiar to this...to comprehend how torture and custodial violence can be permitted to defy the rights flowing from the Constitution. The dehumanizing torture, assault and death in custody which have assumed alarming...terrible scare in the minds of common citizens that their lives and liberty are under a new and unwarranted peril because the guardians of law destroy the human rights by custodial violence and torture...

...custodial torture. By way of corroboration of such apprehension, learned counsel submits that one of the accused persons in another case, in connection with which the petitioner was taken in custody as...well, suffered from custodial torture. As such, it is anticipated that the petitioner might also be undergoing custodial torture. 3. Learned counsel for the State contends that the...illegally taken in custody. Thirdly, we do not find from the materials on record any scope of presumption or apprehension of custodial torture against the petitioner. In fact, the mere...

...JUDGMENTK. Vinod Chandran, J.:The petitioner alleges custodial torture and violence and prays for compensation and initiation of departmental action against...of custodial torture evidently should have been made to the Judicial Magistrate, before whom the petitioner was produced. In any event, we do not intend to state anything this way or other about the...allegations of custodial torture, since the petitioner, if advised, can take appropriate legal remedies against the same. Having found that the relief sought for by the petitioner cannot be granted, we dismiss the writ petition, how...

...M.J. According to the petitioners, their son died because of custodial torture by the police. The grievance of the petitioners is that even though the petitioners approached the authorities absolutely.... Here is a case where the parents of the deceased submitted before the Court that, there is custodial torture by the police and their son died because of custodial torture. This Court issued notice to...custodial torture by the police and they approached the police with a representation to conduct an enquiry, it is the duty of the 2 respondent to enquire the same in accordance to law. The admitted case is...

...submitted that the petitioner attempted to commit suicide on account of his implication in these crimes. He is in a depressed state of mind. He apprehends custodial torture. It is made clear that the...before the Magistrate on the date of surrender. The Magistrate shall see whether there is any complaint regarding custodial torture. The investigating officers, if so advised, can take steps to record...

...custodial torture, the writ petitioner has to establish the incidence by producing documents and by adducing evidences. Such an exercise cannot be done in a writ proceeding under Article 226 of the...allegations of custodial torture set out against the third respondent.8. This being the fact, it is left open to the writ petitioner to approach the competent authority for redressing his...adjudication to ascertain the truth regarding the incident.6. Contrarily, this Court cannot come to a conclusion that the allegations set out by the writ petitioner regarding the custodial...

...reached a decision that the Police Personnel who had dealt with the Juvenile were guilty of having committed custodial torture, thereby ordering the Superintendent of Police, West District, to take...Personnel were not in the dock. Thus, the conclusion was arbitrarily arrived at with no inquiry being made into the alleged custodial torture by the Police. Reliance has been placed on...16.10.2015, Prem Kumar Rai v. State of Sikkim, wherein it was found that there was no custodial torture on the Victim. That, in fact, the said Judgment of this High Court was prior in time to...

...illegal arrest, detention and custodial torture of the petitioner and further directing respondent - 1, State of Tamil Nadu to pay the petitioner adequate compensation for violation of the petitioner's...been filed to direct respondents 1 to 3 to initiate appropriate action against respondents 5 and 6 for illegal arrest, detention and custodial torture of the petitioner and further direction to the 1...

...and 6. Complaints were also lodged before the Commissioner of Police, Kolkata alleging custodial torture with a prayer for initiation of disciplinary proceedings against the respondent Nos. 5 and 6.... While dismissing the said complaint case, the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate arrived at certain findings. Such findings were contrary to the allegation of the petitioner on custodial torture. Aggrieved...authorities the allegation of custodial torture against the Inspector Swarup Kanti Pahari and Sub-Inspector Manish Singh has been proved to be false. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, South East Division...

...rarely in cases of police torture or custodial death, direct ocular evidence of the complicity of the police personnel would be available, when it observed that ‘direct’ evidence about the complicity of...lose faith in the judiciary itself, which will be a sad day.18. In its 4th Report of June 1980, The National Police Commission noticed the prevalence of custodial torture etc...concerned. The recommendation, however, we notice with concern, appears to have gone unnoticed and the crime of custodial torture etc. flourishes unabated. Keeping in view the dehumanising aspect of...

...Article 226 of the Constitution for custodial death or custodial torture or violation of fundamental rights under Article 21 has been clearly enunciated in Sube Singh's case (supra...) relied upon by learned counsel for the petitioner in paragraph 46 in the following terms : "46. In cases where custodial death or custodial torture or...to shock the conscience of the court, (c) whether the custodial torture alleged has resulted in death or whether custodial torture is supported by medical report or visible marks or scars or...

...the petitioner as compensation for the loss of his son namely Selvakumar, due to the abetment of suicide by the 9 respondent in the form of custodial torture and ill-treatment on 14.08.2017 at...dismissed. However, the petitioner is at liberty to approach the said National Commission for Scheduled Castes, Chennai with all material evidences for his son's illegal detention and custodial torture on...sum of Rs. 10,00,000/- (Rupees Ten Lakhs Only) to the petitioner as compensation for the loss of his son namely Selvakumar, due to the abetment of suicide by the 9 respondent in the form of custodial...

...custodial torture 1 of the petitioner viz., Ambethkar S/o. Mani at Thittagudi All Women Police Station...issuance of Writ of Mandamus to direct the first respondent/independent agency CB-CID to enquire into the custodial torture of the petitioner herein at Thittagudi All Women Police Station, Cuddalore...is no evidence of custodial torture to the petitioner as the petitioner has married the fourth respondent/de-facto complainant after filing of this writ petition and hence, nothing survives...

...custodial torture by some police officers. The petitioner herein was the Circle Inspector of Police, Puthukkad on the date of the alleged incident. The case of the 1 respondent in his complaint is...of assault and custodial torture is seen made against Nos. 1 to 3 arraigned in the complaint. The only allegation as against the petitioner herein is that after 5 days the other accused handed over the...assault or custodial torture allegedly made by accused Nos. 1 to 3 in the police station. The complaint does not specify what exactly is the offence for which the petitioner herein is liable. There is...

...complaint alleging custodial torture. 2. The first respondent herein approached the learned Magistrate with a private complaint against the petitioner herein who was the..., Thiruvallam and subjected to severe custodial torture. It was alleged that the first respondent herein suffered serious injuries as a result of the above assault committed in the lockup of Thiruvallam.... -:4:- 5. The accusation against the petitioner pertains to severe custodial torture inflicted upon the first respondent in the lockup of Thiruvallam...

...Kottiyam Police Station and committed custodial torture on him by hitting him with stick and inflicted blows with fist and hand. In this regard, the counsel for the petitioner relies upon the...[(1997) 1 SCC 416].2. At the outset, we have to make it clear that merely because there is allegation of custodial torture, that by itself will not give ...findings and guidelines issued by the Apex Court in respect of the custodial behaviour of the Police in the case of D.K Basu v. State of W.B...

...the Bar to enquire into the custodial torture, illegal detention and false implication of the petitioner in the impugned first information report. The third prayer is for a direction to register...first information report on the complaint made by the petitioner against police officials in respect of his abduction, illegal detention and custodial torture. The fourth prayer is for...

...further direct the first respondent to pay adequate compensation to the petitioner for the illegal custodial torture.M.V Muralidaran, J.:— The Writ Petition has been filed by the petitioner...representation dated 10.11.2010 and further direct the first respondent to pay adequate compensation to the petitioner for the illegal custodial torture.2. Heard Mr. S.M.A Jinnah, learned counsel...