National Human Right Commission directed to send a detailed final report along with specific remarks. Thereafter, RDO, Sivakasi sent a final report dated 29 May 2013. In the final report, the Inquiry Officer referred to a report submitted by the Dean of Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai stating that the current visual loss in the right eye was due to complicated cataract retinal detachment pthysis and there was no sign of recent injury in the eye. It was also pointed out by the District Collector in his response that no other eye witness except the boy and his companions had come forward to prove the torture inflicted by the police. The allegation that the eye was damaged due to recent police torture could not be proved against the police. 4.52 Upon considering the reply to the show cause notice and material on record, the Commission observed and directed as under: “The Commission has carefully examined the reply submitted by District Collector, Virudhunagar and also the final inquiry report of RDO, Sivakasi. It is to be noted that the same set of witnesses was examined by RDO, Sivakasi during the preliminary inquiry and the final inquiry. The four boys who were summoned to the police station along with Pathampriyan testified at both stages that while Pathampriyan was being interrogated in a room, they had heard sounds of beating and cries of Pathampriyan. The testimony of the boys is corroborated by medical evidence. So, there can be no doubt that Pathampriyan was subjected to torture during interrogation by the police. As regards the visual loss in the right eye, the Dean of Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai where the boy was treated shortly after the incident, opined in his report that the visual loss in the right eye is due to long standing cataract and there is no sign of recent injury in the eye. The witnesses stated during inquiry by the RDO that when 56 Annual Report - 2015-2016