SC Issues Notice On Plea For Mandatory Judicial Probe In Custodial Death/ Rape [Read Petition ]

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central government on a plea seeking mandatory judicial probe in cases related to death, disappearance and alleged rape in police custody or in jail. According to Petitioner Suhas Chakma, a human rights activist, the government has failed to implement Section 176 (1A) of CrPC which prescribes mandatory judicial probe in such cases. He...