Justice K Ramakrishnan stayed the proceedings of CBI Special court, Thiruvananthapuram, while considering a petition by former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Haridas, and a police constable Soman.
CBI had registered two cases relating to the incident under IPC sect 302 (punishment for murder) for custodial torture and subsequent death of Udayakumar, in which 13 police personnel, including a DYSP and Circle Inspector, are accused and another case for fabrication and forgery of police documents in which 3 DYSPs were accused.
While Haridas is an accused in forgery case, Soman is an accused in the custodial torture and murder case.
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