New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- Coming down heavily on four police officials who had tied four men to the poles and beat them up in full public view in the Kheda District of Gujarat, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said every police officer must know what is the law laid down in DK Basu on Custodial Torture.
A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Sandeep Mehta asked the four police officials, who have been convicted by the Gujarat High Court for flogging, 'What authority do you have to tie people to poles and beat them up, the bench asked four police officers involved in Kheda Flogging incident.
The bench was hearing the appeal filed by the four police officers A V Parmar, D B Kumavat, Laxmansinh Kanaksinh Dabhi, and Rajubhai Dabhi who have been sent...