Killing Jonny: Significance of the Verdict on Custodial Death

Authors:  Tanveer Ahmed Fahim, Biva Mosharraf and Sakin Tanvir   Introduction In a span of merely 7 years, more than 500 lives have been unjustly lost behind bars. Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny’s death is an ordinary, unfortunate example of custodial death, but an exception as well. On 09 September 2020, the Court sentenced the three policemen, who were responsible for the custodial death of Jonny, to life imprisonment. This landmark decision is the first to be given under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013 (“Act”). In this …