HC directs State to pay ₹3 lakh compensation to youth who sustained injuries after he was assaulted by policeman
Published – June 16, 2024 08:13 pm IST – MADURAI
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the State to pay ₹3 lakh compensation to the family of a youth from Tiruchi who sustained injuries after he was beaten up by a policeman in 2016. He was a minor at the time of the incident.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Amutha, the mother of the youth. The petitioner said that at the time of the incident her son was 16 years old. In December 2016, at about 12 a.m. after attending bhajan at a temple in Thennur, her son was returning home along with his friend, she said.