Supreme Court Partially Allows Appeals in Custodial Torture Death Case — Conviction Under Section 304-II IPC Upheld, Sentence Reduced to Period Already Served. The Court upheld the conviction of police officers for custodial torture leading to death but reduced the sentence for the offence under Section 304 Part II read with Section 34 IPC to the period already undergone, considering the long passage of time and the fact that the appellants had already served over 7 years of imprisonment.
20 Sep 2024The case pertains to the custodial torture and death of Shama @ Kalya, who was taken into police custody on 7 December 1995 in connection with a house...
