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In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court of India, while dealing with the case of a social…

The custodial-torture case of a social activist, with the remark that Government functionaries turning law-breakers breeds contempt for law, is "Mehmood Nayyar Azam v. State…

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In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court of India, while dealing with the case of a social activist who agitated against the issue of exploitation of people belonging to poor and marginalised sections of the society and was falsely roped in criminal cases, arrested and physically assaulted in police custody, noted, "If the functionaries of the Government become law-breakers, it is bound to breed contempt for law and would encourage lawlessness and every man would have the tendency to become law unto himself thereby leading to anarchy."?

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The custodial-torture case of a social activist, with the remark that Government functionaries turning law-breakers breeds contempt for law, is "Mehmood Nayyar Azam v. State of Chhattisgarh, (2012)."

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