Custodial Torture

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Madras High Court
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Madras High Court viewed that the suspicion of the petitioner that her husband died of custodial torture is reasonable and cannot be brushed aside easily.

Kheda Public flogging case
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This public flogging took place at Undhela village in Kheda district soon after the Muslim men were arrested on charges of pelting stones on a garba event.

Custodial torture by police
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“It takes extraordinary courage for an accused to speak out for the atrocities committed by any police official. Simply because the allegations are coming from the mouth of the accused should not be the reason to outrightly disbelieve him.”

delhi high court
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The Supreme Court in State of M.P. v. Shyamsunder Trivedi, (1995) 4 SCC 262 observed that, it would be police officials alone who can only explain the circumstances in which a person in their custody had died.

Tripura High Court
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Tripura High Court: In a public interest litigation concerning custodial torture on a 28-year-old woman in the police lockup, the division bench

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Patna High Court: A. M. Badar, J., granted bail to the person arrested on the basis of forcefully extracted confession made during

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Third-degree torture The Commission had registered a case on 05-09-2019, on the basis of a complaint dated 28-08-2019 by the victim, alleging