Trial court to pronounce judgment in Sattankulam father-son custodial deaths case on March 23

The First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai will pronounce the judgment in the 2020 Sattankulam custodial deaths case of trader P. Jayaraj and his son J. Benicks on March 23. Judge G. Muthukumaran posted the matter for judgment.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted a chargesheet on September 25, 2020 and a supplementary chargesheet on August 12, 2022. It filed the chargesheet against the then 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. Special Sub-Inspector Pauldurai, an accused in the case, died after contracting COVID-19.