A day after the custodial deaths of a father and son, both traders in Sattankulam, in judicial custody, a lawyer has approached the Madras high court seeking action against the judicial magistrate who remanded the duo flouting rules.
P Jayaraj and his son J Bennix were allegedly assaulted by cops in Sathankulam police station resulting in their deaths a day later.
On Wednesday, advocate A P Suryaprakasam made a mention before a division bench of Justice M M Sundresh and Justice D Krishnakumar, and requested the court to initiate suo motu proceedings on the incident Citing a report published in TOI on June 24, he said,
“it is reported that the judicial magistrate concerned mechanically signed the remand warrant without personally examining the accused, as mandated by law.”
The bench suggested the lawyer to file a proper memo with the court registry and assured that the matter would be taken up for hearing on Thursday.
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