The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on Tuesday found prima facie product to schedule the police officers supposedly included in the custodial deaths of trader P. Jayaraj and his kid J. Benicks in Sattankulam for murder, thanks to a female head constable’s declaration, the medical report and the judicial magistrate’s report. 5 States consisting of Tamil Nadu taped over 100 custodial deaths but absolutely no police convictions in between 2001-18
” In our opinion, the ante-mortem injuries discovered on the bodies of the departed, combined with the averments in the report of the discovered judicial magistrate no. 1, Kovilpatti, particularly the statement of head constable Revathy, would be prima facie enough to alter the case against the Sattankulam police officers, who were actively involved in the investigation of the case to one under Area 302 of the Indian Penal Code (murder),” the court said.
