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A Division Bench of Justices A.D. Jagadish Chandira and R. Poornima handed the order whereas listening to a habeas corpus petition filed by the convict’s mom, M. Angammal of Madurai.
The convict, M. Hariharasudhan, was sentenced to 14-year imprisonment by the First Additional NDPS Special Court in Madurai. He was lodged in Madurai Central Prison. After he utilized for an ITI course, he was transferred to the Tiruchi jail.
The petitioner mentioned her son was crushed with a lathi by Deputy Jailor Manikandan for mendacity within the jail cell on July 26. Subsequently, a number of jail personnel got here there and attacked him, and he sustained critical accidents, she mentioned.
She mentioned when their lawyer visited the jail for an interview on July 28, he noticed the accidents on her son. When her son was speaking to the lawyer the jail personnel forcibly took him away with out even permitting him to present correct directions to the lawyer. She sought applicable motion in opposition to the jail personnel who had assaulted her son.
The court docket had directed the Tiruchi Principal District Judge, the chairperson of the District Legal Service Authority, to conduct an inquiry within the jail, and file a report. The court docket additionally sought a report from the Tiruchi Chief Judicial Magistrate.
As per the report, when Hariharasudhan was requested why he didn’t go to work, he replied sitting on the ground. The Deputy Jailor slapped him and requested him how he may reply with out standing. It is claimed that the convict additionally slapped the Deputy Jailor. Thereafter, he was dragged from the block and assaulted.
The physician’s report additionally confirmed that Hariharasudhan had sustained accidents and was referred to the jail hospital on July 27. Admittedly, it was a case of assault and ill-treatment of a prisoner by jail personnel, the court docket noticed.
Published – August 11, 2025 09:41 pm IST
