Custodial Deaths: Police Convictions Remain Zero

Key Points

• 1No police officer has been convicted for custodial deaths in India between 2017 and 2022.
• 2490 deaths were reported in judicial or police custody in Tamil Nadu between 2016-17 and 2021-22.
• 3Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of fatalities in the same period.
• 4345 magisterial/judicial enquiries were ordered into deaths in police custody between 2017 and 2022.
• 5123 policemen were arrested, but not a single one was convicted.
• 6In 2022, 38.5% of the detenues in Tamil Nadu were SC, while the community’s share in the State’s population was 20%.
• 7Tamil Nadu had 2,129 detenues as on December 31, 2022, almost half of India’s total.