Court directs govt to appoint special public prosecutor in trial against police officers
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/agnelo-valdaris-custodial-death-case-cbi-pocso-act-trial-against-eight-police-officials-in-grp-theft-case-8953366/
Special Judge S M Menjoge said that Agnelo had died in police custody and the high court has directed to frame charges against the accused police personnel including under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code. “This court cannot differentiate the directions given by Hon’ble High Court that it is not in respect of custodial death in other cases. Custodial death means custodial death,” The CBI in its probe had said the death could not be considered a murder and sought for the accused police personnel to be charged for assault and sections of POCSO. The high court had, however, directed the trial court to charge the police officials for murder.