F From the Judgment and order dated 6 12 1979 of the Punjab Haryana High Court in Crl.
The order of the Court was delivered by KRISHNA IYER, J., The criminal scenario with a tragic crescendo which has been unfurled in this Special Leave Petition starts with a bunch of suspects being brought up to the police post which was in charge of the petitioner, an Assistant Sub Inspector.
A case of theft in some officers house had been reported to the police the previous night and so as part of the investigation the suspects were picked up and suffered as part of the process of investigation severe flagellation.
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Special Leave Petition Crl.
This triggered off investigation into the murderous companyduct of the investigator, the petitioner, and another.
Chhabila, one of those so tortured, succumbed to his injuries.
880/78.
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679/1980.
N. Mulla, T. L. Garg and N. D. Garg for the Petitioner.
One of the injuries which, according to the doctor, made the deceased unconscious was torture on both the soles of the foot of the victim.
Medical examination revealed the cruel cause of death as asphyxiation.
