HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2019 punishment being inflicted on students even for disciplinary purposes and concluded that article 11 of the Constitution had been violated. The Commission recommended disciplinary action be taken against the 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents by the Ministry of Education and further recommended the Secretary to the Ministry to take necessary action to raise awareness among schools on the content of the above circulars. ▪ Torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in police custody (Complaint No: HRC/AP/258/2016) In this case, the Commission concluded that the victim’s rights under article 11 of the Constitution has been violated and directed the respondents to pay Rs. 5000/= each as compensation to the victim. The Commission did not find a violation of Article 13(1) of the Constitution in the procedure followed leading to the arrest of the complainant by the Polonnaruwa police. Torture had allegedly been inflicted on the complainant subsequently in order to extract a confession from him to a theft of a machine belonging to a person attached to the Faculty of Science of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. The HRCSL, supported by medical evidence contained in the JMO’s report, found that the “abrasion of 4cm x 3cm on the back of the chest, an abrated contusion of 10cm x 1cm on the inner aspect of the left wrist joint and an abrasion of 4cm x 1cm on the inner aspect of the right wrist joint” were caused by handcuffs. Evidence revealed that the police had not followed the directives contained in the Departmental Standing Order 20(3) in relation to using handcuffs on a suspect. Further, the Commission recommended the IGP to take disciplinary action against the respondents and the IGP and the Attorney General to institute criminal proceedings against them. 3.2.2. Equality and Non-discrimination (Article 12 of the Constitution) ▪ Permanent disability pension of a former military officer (Complaint No: HRC/K/385/15) 56