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Professor & Lawyer Puttu Guru Prasad
M.Com. M.B.A., L.L.B., M.Phil. PGDFTM.
AP.SET., ICFAI TMF., (PhD) at JNTUK.
VVIT – Nambur – 93 94 96 98 98
CUSTODIAL DEATH
A death in custody is a death of a
person in the custody of the police,
prison service or other authorities.
CUSTODIAL DEATH
TRAUMATIC ASPHYXIA
ARM LOCK OR NECK HOLDS
BLUNT INJURY
ALCOHOL
SUICIDE
NATURAL CAUSE OF DEATH
Traumatic asphyxia:
When several policemen fall upon
a resisting offender to overpower
him
CUSTODIAL DEATH
Arm-locks or neck holds:
Applied by policeofficers to resisting persons
are other causesof deaths during arrest.
The arm lock is applied either from behind or
with the head of the offender tucked under the
police officer’s arm against the waist.
Arm-locks or neck holds:
compression of the front and sides of the
neck and death can occur .
either from reflex cardiac arrest or
cerebral ischemia during carotid
compression or asphyxia from airway
obstruction, though the latter is unlikely
to be the sole mechanism.
CUSTODIAL DEATH
Blunt injury
may occur from the use of fist, arm or leg and
by use of a weapon such as a truncheon, riot
stick or pistol butt.
Any type of blunt injury may be received. Head
injuries may occur during a scuffle from falls
either against the ground, or against a wall or
other obstruction.
ALCOHOL
is a frequent cause of death in custody and also it
is major factor in provoking aggression and violent
resistance.
When blood alcohol levels rise to above
350mg/100mL there is an increasing risk of coma and
central respiratory depression.
At lower blood alcohol levels there is still the
risk of aspiration of vomitus and choking on gastric
contents.
At autopsy, this aspiration should be distinguished
from the common agonal phenomenon .
SUICIDES
in custody are quite common. Most
police forces deprive the prisoner of any objects
that could be used to hang himself in the cells
such as belts, braces, cord or even bootlaces.
In addition, the police cell may be specifically
designed to avoid any convenient suspension
points, such as bars, hooks, internal door handles.
CUSTODIAL DEATH
form of custody.
Investigations of Torture and CustodialDeaths
Such types of death are usually involved with
the non-cooperating attitude of the authorities that are
hostile to impartial injury.