Custodial death definition
Custodial death means the death of a person occurring during custody, directly or indirectly caused by and substantially attributable to acts committed upon the deceased while in custody. It includes death occurring in police, private or medical premises, in a public place or in a police or other vehicle or in jail. It also includes death occurring while a person is being arrested or taken into detention or being questioned;
Custodial death means “the death of a person in custody whether of the [p]olice or [j]udicial.” Sonakshi Verma, Custodial Death, ARTICLESBASE (Mar. 12, 2010), http://www.articlesbase.com/criminal-articles/custodial-death-1977427.html.
Custodial death means the death of a person in the custody of a public officer or any person acting on behalf of a public officer.
More Definitions of Custodial death
Custodial death means the death of a person while in custody, directly or indirectly caused by and attributable to acts of torture committed upon the deceased while in custody;
Custodial death means the death of a person, directly or indirectly caused by and substantially attributable to acts committed upon the deceased while in custody or after his release from custody. It includes death occurring in police, private or medical
Custodial death means the death of a person in the custody of a public officer; Moreover, any death of any person during an illegal detention, at the time of arrest by any law- enforcing agent shall also imply as "custodial death"; any death occurring whilst a person is being arrested or taken into detention; being questioned, irrespective of the fact that whether the person is a witness in a case or not.