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A tale of two encounters: Dehradun and Batla House:
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New Delhi:
The Supreme Court has expressed shock and anguish at the brutality
of the police personnel, who tortured and thrashed to death two
young man, who were in the custody at Doddapet police station in
Shimoga city, Karnataka.
Deceased Raja Kumar had received as many as 40 injuries while Gurumurthi received 24 injuries and third accused Parkash had also
received serious injuries over 22 years ago on January 12, 1988.
The victims were taken into custody when some engineering college
students had a fight with them on the night of December 31, 1987
during the new year celebrations. Trial court vide its judgement
dated July 28, 1995 sentenced nine police officials, including seven
constables and a head constable, to life imprisonment.
The Karnataka High Court, however, had reduced the sentence to
two-years imprisonment by converting their offence from section 302
IPC (murder) to section (304) Part-II (culpable homicide not
amounting to murder).
A bench comprising Justices Harjit Singh Bedi and J M Panchal while
dismissing the appeals of K H Shekarappa and others noted, ''Though
several constitutional and statutory provisions have been enacted to
safeguard the personal liberty and life of citizens, incidents of
torture and death in the police custody are ever on the rise.''
''Inspite of the condemnation of such
act by this court and High Courts, certain police officials conduct
themselves in a manner resulting into gruesome torture and death of
suspects in the police custody,'' the bench observed.
Justice Panchal while writing a 41-page judgement for the bench,
copies of which were made available to the media today for further
notice, said, ''There is no doubt that these are the most heinous
crimes committed by people, who claim to be the protector of the
citizens.''
''What is distressing to note is that
the incidents of torture and death in the police custody take place
under the shield of uniform and authority in the four walls of a
police station or in the lockup where the victims are totally
helpless,'' he contended.
The apex court, while dismissing the appeals of the police
personnel, noted that the well-recorded conviction of the appellant
as well as sentences imposed upon them for commission of those
offences will have to be upheld as the deceased had died due to
cruel thrashing given by the petitioner.
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