The Madras High Court rejected the police claim that a 63-year-old man injured himself inside a police vehicle, calling the explanation “fantastic.” The Court upheld Rs 6 lakh compensation ordered by the State Human Rights Commission for custodial assault.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court condemned police brutality, calling Ajith Kumar’s custodial death “beaten to death for nothing.” Justice Sreemathi, hearing bail pleas of accused officers, expressed deep anguish and warned that the judiciary would “teach a lesson.”
