Thrissur court docket in Kerala orders registering case in opposition to two policemen for abetment to suicide of minor

A Particular Court docket attempting offences underneath Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act, Thrissur, Kerala, has ordered registering case in opposition to two policemen for abetment to suicide of an adolescent who was tortured in police custody.

Okay. Kamanees, the Particular Choose, issued the order on a petition filed by C. Okay. Krishnan, father of 18-year-old Vinayakan, who allegedly took his personal life after being tortured in police custody.

Okay. Sajan and P. T. Sreejith, the 2 accused had been additionally going through prosecution for unlawful custody and inflicting bodily torture.

The choose declined an earlier investigation report filed by the police, which famous that the policemen couldn’t be proceeded in opposition to for the offence of abetment to suicide as no offence was made out in opposition to them.

The deceased and considered one of his associates had been taken into the custody of the Pavaratty police on July 17, 2017 the place they had been allegedly subjected to bodily torture. The accused pulled Vinayakan’s hair, slapped on his face, elbowed on his again many instances, squeezed his nipples inflicting excruciating ache and stamped on his legs with sneakers, inflicting accidents. He was additionally showered with obscene phrases, the court docket had discovered.

Vinayakan was taken into police custody within the presence of his girlfriend, and the police had requested him to crop his hair. He was additionally falsely accused of snatching chains and molesting women.

The policemen ought to have had the data that their acts of unfounded grudge in the direction of {the teenager} was ample to instigate suicide, the court docket discovered.