Custodial Violence in India

Custodial violence and custodial deaths is not a new phenomenon. It is prevailing in our society from the ages. Despite several initiatives in recent years, torture and ill treatment continues to be endemic throughout India and continues to deny human dignity to thousands of individuals. Custodial torture has become so common these days that not only the police and bureaucracy but even people take it for granted as a routine police practice of interrogation. The result is that the news of such outrageous conduct causes nothing more than a momentary shock in the society.