Significant order /Ambasamudram custodial torture case: Madras High Court stays proceedings against Balveer Singh for palveer sing Advt MRavi Priya Ravi argued

[22/11, 07:36] Sekarreporter: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/ambasamudramcustodial-torture-casemadras-high-courtstays-proceedings-againstbalveersingh/article70308412.ece
[22/11, 07:37] Sekarreporter: Ambasamudram custodial torture case: Madras High Court stays proceedings against Balveer Singh
Published – November 21, 2025 10:13 pm IST – MADURAI

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The court directed the State government to file a counter affidavit and posted the matter for hearing in January.
The court directed the State government to file a counter affidavit and posted the matter for hearing in January. | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday stayed the proceedings against IPS officer Balveer Singh, pending on the file of the First Judicial Magistrate in Tirunelveli, in connection with the Ambasamudram custodial torture case.

Justice Shamim Ahmed passed the order while hearing the criminal revision petitions filed by Balveer Singh, the then Assistant Superintendent of Police of the Ambasamudram Sub-Division. In his petitions, he said that when he was in charge of Ambasamudram Sub-Division, the police faced constant problems in handling drug peddlers indulging in ganja smuggling. He said that since numerous complaints were received from the public about anti-social elements indulging in criminal acts, he had to take stern action against those with criminal antecedents to safeguard the public. Since he was a thorn in the flesh of the anti-social elements and vested interests found him an obstacle to criminal activities, false allegations were levelled against him, he said.for palveer sing Advocate MRavi Priya Ravi argued