Custodial Death

Badlapur sexual assault case: 5 cops found responsible for custodial death

A magistrate's inquiry has held five policemen responsible for the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case. The magistrate on Monday tendered its inquiry report to the Bombay High Court, which was hearing a plea filed by Shinde's father, Anna Shinde, claiming his son was killed by the police in a fake encounter. Akshay Shinde (24) was arrested in August 2024 for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls inside the toilet of a school in Badlapur. He was an attendant at the school. In September, Shinde was killed in an alleged police shootout while being taken from the Taloja prison for questioning. The police claimed he snatched the gun of one of the police personnel in the police van, opened fire, and was killed in retaliatory firing. Under the law, a magistrate inquiry is initiated in cases where an accused dies in police custody. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale perused the report. The bench said

Firing outside Salman Khan's house: Family of deceased accused moves HC

The family of Anuj Thapan, who died while in police custody following his arrest in the case related to firing outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's house here, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking a CBI probe into his death. While the police claim Thapan killed himself in the lock-up, his mother Rita Devi in her petition filed in the HC on Friday alleged foul play and claimed he was killed. In the plea, which will come up for hearing in due course, Devi sought the HC to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the death of her son. The petition alleged Thapan was physically assaulted and tortured by police in custody. It also sought the high court to direct the police to hand over CCTV footage of the police station and the lock-up where Thapan was held. The petitioner requested for the preservation of call data records (CDR) of police officials, who are probing the firing incident, from April 24 to May 2. It also sought directions for a fresh post-mortem

SIT to probe police station arson; inquiry into custodial death: Assam DGP

Five miscreants were arrested for the arson at Batadrava Police Station in Assam's Nagaon district, and a SIT will soon be constituted to inquire into the incident, a top police officer said on Sunday

SC asks senior police officer to probe custodial death of teenager in Unnao

The apex court said the report be furnished to this Court within a period of eight weeks

Over 2,150 cases of deaths in judicial custody in 2021-22: Govt

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of 448 deaths in judicial custody in 2021-22 till February

Custodial torture by police still prevails, not even privileged spared: CJI

CJI NV Ramana expressed his concerns over increasing cases of custodial torture and police atrocities in country and said that threat to human rights is highest at police stations

60% custodial deaths within 24 hrs of arrest; most in Maharashtra, Gujarat

Just three states--Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat--accounted for almost half of deaths in police custody over the past 10 years

SSI arrested over father-son custodial torture succumbs to coronavirus

SSI Pauldurai (56) breathed his last at the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH)

Lockdown 2.0: Mumbai airport invokes force majeure over revenue sharing

Delhi airport settles for talks; AAI refuses waiver but agrees to deferred payment

Story in numbers: As many as 100 custodial deaths in 2017, shows NCRB data

In 62 cases pertaining to custodial deaths, 33 policepersons were arrested, 27 were chargesheeted, four were acquitted or discharged, and none were convicted

India sees 98 deaths in police custody every year

Only two policemen were convicted for every 100 deaths in police custody - nationally, only 26 police officers have been convicted for custodial deaths