Supreme Court: No place for custodial violence

New Delhi, February 12

Maintaining that custodial violence has no place in the civilised world, the Supreme Court has refused compounding of offence against two Odisha policemen who had mercilessly beaten a man leading to his death in 1985.

“The custodial violence on the deceased is abhorrent and not acceptable in the civilised society. The offence committed by the accused is a crime not against the deceased alone, but against humanity” said an SC Bench said. — TNS