The accused police personnel in Sattankulam custodial deaths case being produced before the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on March 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy Nearly six years after trader P. Jayaraj (58) and his son J. Benicks (31) died of custodial torture during COVID-19 lockdown at the Sattankulam Police Station in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on Monday (March 23, 2026) convicted all nine police personnel accused in the case. Judge G. Muthukumaran said he would pronounce the quantum of sentence on March 30 and extended the remand of the convicts till then. The judge found the police personnel guilty of murder and other offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The judge has sought a report on the medical condition of the police personnel. The Superintendent of the Madurai Central Prison was asked to produce the accused before the Medical Board of the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai. The judge sought a report on the last property statements and …