Bombay High Court Convicts Police Officers for Contempt of Court in Suo Motu Proceedings for Assaulting and Causing Death of a Person in Custody, Directs Compensation to Victim's Family. The court held that custodial violence amounts to criminal contempt and ordered imprisonment and fine for the officers, with compensation to the victim's family.
29 May 2020The Bombay High Court, Bench at Aurangabad, took suo motu cognizance of a criminal contempt petition based on a news report regarding the death of Sha...




