JUDGMENT :

J.B. Pardiwala, J.

By way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation, the petitioner, a public trust registered in the city of Ahmedabad, through its President, has prayed that taking into consideration that the police, who is entrusted with the task of law enforcement and management, usually take recourse of third degree methods i.e. torture and excessive use of force, etc. and also taking into consideration the gross violation of fundamental and human rights of the citizens during the course of custodial interrogation by the police, time has come that some positive, effective and concrete steps are taken to combat with the menace of custodial violence, and for that purpose, it has been prayed in the petition that appropriate writ, order or direction be issued on the respondents to install Close-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras or a Wi-Fi cameras at all the police stations of the State with the idea of thereby providing adequate safeguards against the police atrocity or custodial violence.

2. It has been averred in the petition that violation of fundamental and human rights of the citizens is generally in