Custodial death: Counsel challenges post-mortem validity, urges appointment of independent forensic panel

In the alleged custodial decease lawsuit of Scheduled Caste younker Akash Delison, the petitioner’s counsel, Henri Tiphagne, presented the reflection of the victim’s post-mortem findings to the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday.

The observation primarily highlighted post-mortem procedure’s deviance from the Tamil Nadu Medical Code/ National Human Rights Commission’s guidelines. “While dissecting, the accustomed incisions of ‘I’ oregon ‘Y’ signifier were not made portion starting the post-mortem examination. Another method of starting the post-mortem by dissecting the head first was besides not followed,” it noted.