CB-CID told to file final report in SC man’s death case as fast as possible

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the CB-CID to record the last study successful the lawsuit pertaining to the decease of a 31-year-old Scheduled Caste man, Dinesh Kumar, arsenic expeditiously arsenic possible.

It is said that Dinesh Kumar, a habitual offender, who reportedly escaped from Madurai City Police custody, died aft jumping into a canal astatine Vandiyur successful the metropolis successful October 2025. However, the kin of the antheral alleged that helium was tortured and killed successful custody astatine Anna Nagar constabulary station.

The tribunal was proceeding the nationalist involvement litigation petitions filed by V. Muthulakshmi, parent of Dinesh Kumar, and advocator C. Selvakumar, who said the constabulary unit attached to Anna Nagar constabulary presumption had picked up Dinesh Kumar from his location astatine Yagappa Nagar for an inquiry.

Later, Ms. Muthulakshmi was summoned to the constabulary presumption and told that her lad had escaped from constabulary custody and fell into a canal, resulting successful his death.

The petitioners said the connection was mendacious and fabricated. Dinesh Kumar was subjected to brutal custodial torture and beaten to decease by the constabulary personnel. The enactment of the constabulary unit was a gross quality rights violation, and amounted to custodial murder. The constabulary unit should beryllium punished for execution and besides nether the applicable provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

A Division Bench of Justices G. Jayachandran and K. K. Ramakrishnan observed that since the probe was pending, the tribunal was not inclined to marque immoderate observations connected the merits of the case. It was unfastened to the Investigating Officer to analyse and analyse each angles.

The Investigating Officer should besides instrumentality enactment of whether immoderate different offence either nether the BNS Act oregon immoderate Special Act was attracted and record a last study arsenic expeditiously arsenic possible, the tribunal directed and disposed of the petitions.