Telangana High Court orders judicial inquiry into woman’s ‘custodial death’
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The Bench stated that the Justice of the Peace, if essential, ought to safe the woman’s physique which was handed over to her members of the family and get a second post-mortem carried out.
Telangana High Court on Thursday ordered for a judicial inquiry into the alleged custodial demise of a dalit lady Mariamma in Rachakonda police commissionerate jurisdiction.
Hearing a PIL plea over the woman’s demise, a Bench of Justices M.S. Ramachandra Rao and T. Vinod Kumar instructed the Judicial First Class Magistrate of Aler to inquire into Mariamma’s ‘custodial death’. The Bench stated that the Justice of the Peace, if essential, ought to safe the woman’s physique which was handed over to her members of the family and get a second post-mortem carried out.
This could be performed underneath sub-section (1) of Section 174 of Criminal Procedure Code. The second autopsy examination needs to be performed as early as attainable, the Bench stated. Report of the second post-mortem needs to be introduced to the HC in a sealed cowl. The HC Registry was directed to tell this to Aler Magistrate instantly.
The Bench stated the Justice of the Peace would challenge a discover to the sufferer’s members of the family and full the judicial inquiry inside per week. The inquiry report needs to be furnished to the HC in a sealed cowl.
Advocate General B.S. Prasad instructed the Bench that National Human Rights Commission’s pointers have been adopted in toto within the case. The sufferer’s physique was handed over to her daughter. Police constables linked to the alleged custodial demise have been already suspended. An enquiry was initiated in opposition to them. Meanwhile, an officer of the rank of Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) was instructed to conduct an inquiry into the demise.
The Bench sought to know the way an inquiry by an government authority would suffice within the critical case when the legislation mandated a judicial inquiry. The PIL plea was filed by People’s Union of Civil Liberties basic secretary Jaya Vindhyala. She said that Mariamma died of police brutality on June 18. The matter was posted to June 28 for subsequent listening to.
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