"Raj civil rights DIG gets 2-year jail for torture"
A court on Monday sentenced deputy inspector general (civil rights) Satya Narayan Khinchi to two years' imprisonment for mercilessly beating up three men at a police station
16 years ago, when the IPS officer was posted as additional superintendent of police, Rajsamand.
Additional chief judicial magistrate of Rajsamand Bhanu Kumar convicted Khinchi, a resident of Ajmer district, and suspended the sentence for a month so that the officer can appeal in the district judge's court.
It took 16 years for awarding punishment. It will take another 16 years in District Judge's Court. How can any body get justice in such a situation? There is need for Change in the law and way cases are handled by Courts. Government may consider fixing time limits for delivery of order by Judges in various types of cases. more