5 Kerala ex-police officers acquitted in custodial death case

A bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and K V Jayakumar set aside the conviction of the four, one of whom was sentenced to death by the sessions court, saying that a "flawed and tainted investigation" by the CBI led to the failure of the prosecution case.

There were six police officers who were accused in the case, but one died during the trial in the sessions court and another, who was also sentenced to death, passed away while his appeal was pending in the High Court.

While granting relief to the remaining four, the bench said that the evidence produced before the sessions court during trial was not sufficient to hold the accused guilty of the offence of custodial death.