CUSTODIAL VIOLENCE: DIGNIFIED VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

RISHIKA MAHAJAN

Student at LLOYD LAW COLLEGE, GREATER NOIDA.

Best Citation – RISHIKA MAHAJAN, CUSTODIAL VIOLENCE: DIGNIFIED VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 1 ILE HRLR 12, 2022

ABSTRACT

Custodial violence is the darkest stigma in Indian government which violates the rule of law and also violates the fundamental rights of prisoners. It is the duty of the police to protect the state from crimes like rapes, murders, cruelty and threats etc. Unfortunately, the same crimes are committed by the public officers with prisoners in police as well as in judicial custody. It has become one of the major issues of human rights concerns. According to data, there were at least 100 innocent people who died in 2017 with low conviction rates, but so far most of them have been out on bail. Again, there were 300 deaths due to torture by the police between 2008 and 2016 and result turned out to be zero convictions against them. There are many cases of custodial violence that are left unregistered and the reasons for the same are declared to be suicide. It is disappointing to know that after a long period of independence, we are debating on the very same topic but unable to get any solution out of it. The inhumane torture, humiliation, physical violence and death in custody have questioned the credibility of law implications and administrative authorities. Special laws on custodial violence are recommended by the National Human Rights Commission, Law Commission, and Supreme Court to the government of country. It is needed to restore public faith in our legal protectors. This paper aims to provide complete knowledge about this topic, how law framers attempt to safeguard us, and what should be the solution to overcome this problem?