Justice K Murali Shankar was hearing a petition filed by Selvarani, wife of the deceased Jeyaraj. The petitioner had stated that her husband and son died due to the brutal custodial torture at the hands of the Sathankulam policemen as they registered a false case against them. The CBI, which took over the investigation filed the final report before the Madurai chief judicial magistrate court and after the committal proceedings the final report was taken on file by the I additional district and sessions court at Madurai for trial.
HC notice in plea to expedite trial in custodial deaths case
Madurai: The Madras high court on Thursday ordered notice to the CBI on a plea which sought to expedite the trial in the custodial deaths of P Jeyaraj and his son J Beniks at Sathankulam in Tuticorin district last year.
Justice K Murali Shankar was hearing a petition filed by Selvarani, wife of the deceased Jeyaraj. The petitioner had stated that her husband and son died due to the brutal custodial torture at the hands of the Sathankulam policemen as they registered a false case against them. The CBI, which took over the investigation filed the final report before the Madurai chief judicial magistrate court and after the committal proceedings the final report was taken on file by the I additional district and sessions court at Madurai for trial.
She stated that when the accused were produced before the court on December 10, 2020, the suspended inspector Sridhar was seen speaking to someone over a mobile phone inside the court campus. She stated that she had made a complaint in this regard to the Madurai principal district judge on December 11, 2020.
Since all the accused are policemen, there are possibilities of tampering with the witnesses who are common people and subordinate police personnel. Stating that a delay in completing the trial would vitiate a fair trial, the petitioner moved the HC Madurai bench seeking to expedite the trial within a stipulated period.
It maybe recalled that 10 policemen were arrested in connection with the custodial deaths of the father-son duo. Since a special sub inspector Paldurai died on account of Covid-19, the CBI had filed a final report against nine accused cops. tnn
Justice K Murali Shankar was hearing a petition filed by Selvarani, wife of the deceased Jeyaraj. The petitioner had stated that her husband and son died due to the brutal custodial torture at the hands of the Sathankulam policemen as they registered a false case against them. The CBI, which took over the investigation filed the final report before the Madurai chief judicial magistrate court and after the committal proceedings the final report was taken on file by the I additional district and sessions court at Madurai for trial.
She stated that when the accused were produced before the court on December 10, 2020, the suspended inspector Sridhar was seen speaking to someone over a mobile phone inside the court campus. She stated that she had made a complaint in this regard to the Madurai principal district judge on December 11, 2020.
Since all the accused are policemen, there are possibilities of tampering with the witnesses who are common people and subordinate police personnel. Stating that a delay in completing the trial would vitiate a fair trial, the petitioner moved the HC Madurai bench seeking to expedite the trial within a stipulated period.
It maybe recalled that 10 policemen were arrested in connection with the custodial deaths of the father-son duo. Since a special sub inspector Paldurai died on account of Covid-19, the CBI had filed a final report against nine accused cops. tnn
