Telangana High Court Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Friday said police officers need to be sensitised on usage of third degree methods while questioning suspects.
The CJ, along with Justice N. Tukaramji, was hearing a writ petition on the death of a man, Chiranjeevi, who died after being picked up by Tukaramgate police of Hyderabad for questioning in a theft case. The HC took up the news report published in The Hindu suo moto as writ petition.
Advocate General B.S. Prasad informed the bench that Chiranjeevi was already involved in six property offences. “That does not matter,” said the CJ responding to the AG’s statement and noted that police should not use third degree methods to question suspects. The CJ issued notices to six police officers, including Principal Home Secretary, Director General of Police, Hyderabad Police Commissioner and North zone Deputy Commissioner of Police.
