The accused policemen being produced before the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on April 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday (April 24, 2026) ordered notice to the nine policemen who were sentenced to death by a court in Madurai in the case of custodial death of trader P. Jayaraj, 58, and his son J. Benicks, 31, at Sattankulam in Thoothukudi district in June 2020. A Division Bench of Justices N. Anand Venkatesh and K.K. Ramakrishnan, hearing the referred trial, ordered notice to the convicts: the then Sattankulam inspector, S. Sridhar; sub-inspectors P. Raghu Ganesh and K. Balakrishnan; head constables S. Murugan and A. Saamidurai; and constables M. Muthuraj, S. Chelladurai, X. Thomas Francis, and S. Veilumuthu. Published – April 24, 2026 09:05 pm IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Mundathikode blast: Thiruvambady fireworks licensee Satheesh succumbs to burns Over 6.6 lakh students to sit for CBSE’s second board exam in mid-May