Custodial Torture in India and Dk Basu guidelines
CUSTODIAL TORTURE IN INDIA AND DK BASU GUIDELINES “Torture is a wound in the soul so painful that sometimes you can almost touch it, but it is also so intangible that there is no way to heal it. Torture is anguish squeezing in your chest, cold as ice and heavy as a stone, paralyzing as sleep and dark as the abyss. Torture is despair and fear and rage and hate. It is a desire to kill and destroy including yourself.” - Adriana P.Bartow INTRODUCTION The term Custodial Torture can be defined as the harm that is inflicted upon a person either mentally or physically or both when he/she is in custody. There are two types of custody judicial custody and police custody. Judicial Custody can be defined as one in which a person is kept in custody by a magistrate. A person is kept for a certain period ...