In Custody

Reviews / Votes

The book is a mesh of subtle interactions between the lived, the legal and the theoretical aspects around custodial violence. And it succeeds in striking a balance between the three. It is an ideal entry level book for lay persons and at the same time caters equally to research scholars, students and lawyers looking for material for further research on practice....Readers will be benefited from extremely relevant information...the book serves as a very sound and engaging tool in the campaign against custodial violence. -- The Book Review, Vol 37, October 2013 [The book] highlights the practice of custodial torture in South Asia and the urgency to engage with it-through the system and through society.... Ramakrishna's book brings within its compass the entirety of complex dynamics related to the practice of custodial torture, tracing the past and present day nature of the conflict between the norm and its practice, not just in India but also the five nations surrounding it. -- The Hindu The book is an ambitious exercise...performed extraordinarily well with the help of researchers.... [A] timely reminder to strengthen our legal system so as to eschew impunity provisions that come in the way of ensuring justice. -- Frontline, 13 December 2013 Commitment to humane treatment of suspects in custody by six South Asian nations - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Afghanistan - forms the topic of this book by eminent lawyer and activist Nitya Ramakrishnan.... The six case studies make for an agonizing read.... This book is a call, an alarm, a plea for doing something concrete to end this brutal system of interrogation. -- The Tribune, 9 May, 2016