<p>"You should remain in jail for some time," the Supreme Court on Tuesday told a Tamil Nadu police officer, while refusing to list early his bail plea in the custodial death of father-son duo Jayaraj-Bennix.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices Vineet Saran and B R Gavai noted this was a case where a father and his son were beaten black and blue to death in custody for merely violating Covid lockdown.</p>.<p>"This is a very bad case. This is a case where you should be in jail for some time," the bench told senior advocate Anjana Prakash as she insisted for an urgent listing of bail plea of P Raghu Ganesh, who was the sub-inspector of the Sathankulam police station, where Jayaraj and Bennix were subjected to custodial torture in June 2020.</p>.<p>The bench, which issued notice to the CBI on the plea, declined to grant an urgent listing of the petition during summer vacation.</p>.<p>The counsel contended her client was not present at the police station at the time of the incident.</p>.<p>She also submitted that one of the accused died due to Covid while in custody. She urged the court to list the matter during the vacation.</p>.<p>The court noted the records showed that there was an eyewitness for Raghu Ganesh's involvement in the crime.</p>.<p>Ganesh approached the top court challenging the Madras High Court order of March 22, which dismissed his bail application.</p>.<p>On June 19, last year, Jayaraj and Bennix were taken into custody on the allegation that they had kept their mobile phone shop open beyond the permissible hours during the lockdown.</p>.<p>The Tamil Nadu government handed over the investigation to the CBI. The CBI filed a chargesheet against nine police personnel in the Sathankulam custodial death case of Jayaraj and Bennix at Tuticorin district.</p>
<p>"You should remain in jail for some time," the Supreme Court on Tuesday told a Tamil Nadu police officer, while refusing to list early his bail plea in the custodial death of father-son duo Jayaraj-Bennix.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices Vineet Saran and B R Gavai noted this was a case where a father and his son were beaten black and blue to death in custody for merely violating Covid lockdown.</p>.<p>"This is a very bad case. This is a case where you should be in jail for some time," the bench told senior advocate Anjana Prakash as she insisted for an urgent listing of bail plea of P Raghu Ganesh, who was the sub-inspector of the Sathankulam police station, where Jayaraj and Bennix were subjected to custodial torture in June 2020.</p>.<p>The bench, which issued notice to the CBI on the plea, declined to grant an urgent listing of the petition during summer vacation.</p>.<p>The counsel contended her client was not present at the police station at the time of the incident.</p>.<p>She also submitted that one of the accused died due to Covid while in custody. She urged the court to list the matter during the vacation.</p>.<p>The court noted the records showed that there was an eyewitness for Raghu Ganesh's involvement in the crime.</p>.<p>Ganesh approached the top court challenging the Madras High Court order of March 22, which dismissed his bail application.</p>.<p>On June 19, last year, Jayaraj and Bennix were taken into custody on the allegation that they had kept their mobile phone shop open beyond the permissible hours during the lockdown.</p>.<p>The Tamil Nadu government handed over the investigation to the CBI. The CBI filed a chargesheet against nine police personnel in the Sathankulam custodial death case of Jayaraj and Bennix at Tuticorin district.</p>
