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NHRC Seeks Report from Kerala Government over Custodial Death(14.10.2016)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Kerala Government over death of a man from Tamil Nadu in police custody after he was ar.....
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Tripura HC Orders Rs. 10 Lakh Compensation to Family of 27 Year Old Victim of Custodial Death(24.06.2022)
Tripura High Court has directed the state to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family members of Jamal Hossain, who allegedly died due to custod.....
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Madras HC Dismisses Bail Plea of Suspended Police Inspector in Jayaraj-Bennix Custodial Death Case(18.09.2020)
Madras High Court has dismissed the bail plea of suspended police inspector, S Sridhar and observed that prima facie materials are available to prove .....
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Bombay HC Irks over Increasing Custodial Deaths(14.01.2016)
Bombay HC has irked over State Government's approach towards custodial deaths and said, "The impression among the general public is that the rich get .....
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Calcutta HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Media Reports Regarding Alleged Custodial Death of Minor(06.11.2020)
Calcutta High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the news reports regarding alleged custodial death of a 15-year-old boy at Mallarpur area in the .....
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Meghalaya HC Fixes Quantum of Compensation for 'Unnatural' Deaths in Police Custody(04.09.2023)
Meghalaya High Court while observing that in custodial death cases State will be liable unless it is reasonably demonstrated that death was due to nat.....
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Bombay HC: Cops Not Knowing Law Don’t Deserve To Be in Force(25.01.2018)
Bombay High Court has slammed Mumbai police for the manner in which it violated laws while investigating a custodial death at Mankhurd police station .....
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Bombay HC: Cops Not Knowing Law Don’t Deserve To Be in Force(25.01.2018)
Bombay High Court has slammed Mumbai police for the manner in which it violated laws while investigating a custodial death at Mankhurd police station .....
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Madras High Court: Inquire into Custodial Deaths, Give Compensation(01.02.2018)
Madras High Court has directed the government to complete inquiry regarding custodial deaths expeditiously and issue compensation to the next of kin i.....
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Madras HC Issues Inquiry Guidelines for Transparent Investigation in Cases of Custodial Deaths(04.12.2020)
Madras High Court has issued a slew of directions for the conduct of inquiry under Section 176(1)(A) of the Code of Criminal procedure, 1973 in cases .....
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Bombay HC Orders CBI Probe in Custodial Death of Valdaris in 2014(20.12.2016)
Bombay High Court has directed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate charges of murder, culpable homicide, unnatural sex and abetment a.....
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Supreme Court Rejects Bail Pleas of Cops in Custody in Jayaraj Bennix Custodial Death Case(08.09.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to grant bail to Inspector S Sridhar and Sub Inspector P Raghu Ganesh who were charge-sheeted as accused(s) by the CBI in th.....
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Allahabad HC Transfers Probe into Alleged Custodial Death of Man into CBI(10.09.2021)
Allahabad High Court has transferred a probe into the alleged custodial death of a 24-year-old man to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as it .....
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Patna HC: Judiciary Witnessing Large Number of Custodial Deaths Caused by Police Officers(06.12.2021)
Patna High Court has observed that the Judiciary is witnessing a large number of custodial deaths caused by men in uniform, stating that giving third-.....
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Delhi HC Directs Recording of Witness Statement in Custodial Death Case(03.12.2015)
Delhi High Court has given directions for recording of statement of a man who claimed to be a witness to the alleged custodial death of a 34-year-old .....
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Bombay HC Grants Compensation to Father in Case of Custodial Death of 16-Year Old(15.12.2020)
Bombay High Court has granted ex-gratia compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the father of a 16-year-old boy, who died in the custody of Shirdi police station.....
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SC Refuses to Interfere with Allahabad HC Order Transferring Probe of Custodial Death(09.11.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to interfere with an order of the Allahabad High Court transferring the probe into the alleged custodial death of a 24-year-.....
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Allahabad HC Seeks Reply on Plea Filed By Altaf's Father Seeking CBI Probe and Compensation(27.12.2021)
Allahabad High Court has sought the response of Superintendent of Police, Kasganj within ten days on the plea filed by the father of Kasganj Custodial.....
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Allahabad High Court: Custodial Death Matters To Be Viewed With Great Sensitivity(10.01.2022)
Allahabad HC has observed that custodial death matters has to be viewed with the greatest sensitivity and concern and judicial inquiry u/s 176 (1)A of.....
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Allahabad High Court Directs Second Autopsy of Body of Kasganj Custodial Death Victim Altaf(11.02.2022)
Allahabad High Court has directed a second autopsy of the body of the Kasganj Custodial death Victim, Altaf by a team of doctors from the All India In.....
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1993 Custodial Death Case: SC Upholds Conviction of Eight Cops(05.09.2018)
Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of eight personnel of Maharashtra Police in connection with a 1993 custodial death case.
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Punjab and Haryana HC Asks DGP to Form SIT, Awards Rs 7 Lakh Compensation in Muktsar Custodial Death(07.07.2016)
Punjab and Haryana HC has directed Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) to constitute a
Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe circumstances l.....
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Calcutta HC Orders to Enquire Into Dilution of Charges by IO in Custodial Death Case(02.03.2022)
Calcutta High Court has ordered an enquiry by the DIG, in charge of Special Crime Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into alleged dil.....
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Tel. HC Suo Moto Cognizance in Mohammed Khadeer's Custodial Death Case(21.02.2023)
Telangana High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of custodial death of 35 years old daily wager, Mohammed Khadeer, held by the Police over a chain-s.....
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Jharkhand HC to Govt.: Pay Rs 1 Lakh to Minor Boy’s Family after Alleged Custodial Death(21.07.2016)
Jharkhand HC has directed State Government to pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the family of the minor boy, who died in custody allegedly due to pol.....
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Allahabad HC Orders to File Affidavit Disclosing Steps Taken in Bulandshahr Custodial Death Case(28.03.2022)
Allahabad High Court has ordered the additional chief secretary Uttar Pradesh to file a personal affidavit disclosing the steps taken by the State in .....
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Gau. HC to Assam Govt.: Pay Rs 5 Lakh Compensation to Custodial Death Victim's Wife(27.03.2023)
Gauhati High Court has directed Assam Government to pay Rs. 5 lakh as compensation to a woman, whose husband died in jail because timely appropriate a.....
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SC Refuses Urgent Listing of Bail Plea of Cop Accused in Jayaraj-Bennix Custodial Deaths Case(26.05.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to grant urgent listing for a petition filed by a Tamil Nadu police officer, who has been chargesheeted as an accused by the.....
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SC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Probe into Alleged Custodial Torture of Raghu Rama Krishna Raju(26.05.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a writ petition filed by the son of YSR Congress MP Raghu Rama Krishnam Raju seeking an investigation by the Centra.....
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Custodial Death: Former IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt Sentenced to Life Imprisonment(20.06.2019)
Gujarat Court has sentenced sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to life imprisonment in a 30-year-old custodial death case. The sentence by the Gujarat Co.....
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Bombay HC Denies Plea of Cops for Pre-Arrest Bail in Sangli Custodial Death Case(12.08.2016)
Bombay HC has denied plea for pre-arrest bail by three Sangli police officers who were booked over the custodial death of an accused.
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Madras HC Directs Re-Postmortem in Custodial Death Case Where Autopsy Completed in Night Hours(04.08.2020)
Madras High Court has directed the postmortem of a farmer in the Tenkasi district of the State, alleged to be a victim of custodial torture, to be con.....
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SC Seeks Status Report from CBI on Custodial Death in Delhi(21.09.2016)
SC has asked CBI to file a status report on the progress of its probe into alleged custodial death of a man who had tried to intervene to settle a qua.....
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Telangana HC Orders Judicial Inquiry into Custodial Death of Dalit Woman(25.06.2021)
Telangana High Court has ordered for a judicial inquiry into the alleged custodial death of a dalit woman Mariamma in Rachakonda police commissionerat.....
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Delhi HC Upholds Conviction of UP Cops in 2006 Custodial Death Case of a 26 Year Old(27.06.2023)
Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction awarded to six cops in Uttar Pradesh in the case of death due to custodial torture of a young 26 years old .....
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Punjab and Haryana HC Orders FIR to be Filed Against 33 Officials in Punjab Custodial Death Case(18.12.2015)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered Punjab Police to register FIR on charges of murder against 33 government officials of Amritsar Central Jail .....
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Bombay HC Slams Maharashtra Police over Custodial Deaths & Tampering Evidence Related Thereto(06.12.2016)
Bombay HC, while making sharp observation on increasing deaths of detainees in the Police Custody in Maharashtra, has observed that whereas police wer.....
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