Ratnasiri and Another v. Devasurendran, Inspector of Police, Slave Island and Others – sllr 1994 volume 3 page 127

In Ratnasiri and Another v. DevasurendrAn, Inspector of Police, Slave Island and Others, the court addressed allegations of inhuman treatment and assault by police officers against the petitioners while in police custody. It was determined that the evidence established a violation of the petitioners’ fundamental rights under Article 11 of the Constitution due to state action, although individual culpability of specific officers was not sufficiently proven except in one instance. The holding reaffirmed the principle that constitutional protections against inhuman treatment must be upheld even in the absence of clearly established personal responsibility, provided state responsibility can be established through credible evidence. The decision relied on constitutional provisions and medical e