GUJARAT NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY
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SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF COURSE REQUIREMENT OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW & HUMAN RIGHTS
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A PROJECT REPORT ON
“CUSTODIAL DEATH IN INDIA”
SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: Mr. Rhishikesh Dave Faculty of International Humanitarian Law SEMESTER VI and Human Rights ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I greatly acknowledge the courtesy of my International Humanitarian Law & Human Rights faculty Mr. Rhishikesh Dave for his assistance and encouragement for preparing the present project. I am greatly thankful to him for his guidance and support for completing this project. I would like to thank the library staff of Gujarat National Law University for providing me with the reference facilities and helping me in preparing this project.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Acknowledgement ........................................................................... 2 2. Scope & Objective of Research............................................................4 3. Research Problem.................................................................................5 4. Hypothesis............................................................................................6 5. Research Methodology............. ...........................................................7 6. Introduction .........................................................................................8 7. Custodial Death- How does it violates the Human Rights ?...............10 8. Police-lock up or Death Trap (Loopholes in the
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