Archive · 14 Nov 2025
Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea for Crime Branch Probe into Child's Drowning Death
A father, who lives in Saudi Arabia, thought his young child died because of an electric shock in a swimming pool at a resort in India in 2017.
He asked for a special police team to investigate because he saw strange colors on his child's body.
But the judge looked at all the reports and said there was no sign of electricity in the pool.
The judge explained that the odd color on the child's skin is common when someone drowns.
The judge also said the medical reports did not show anything to prove an electric shock happened.
So, the judge decided the child unfortunately drowned in the pool and denied the father's request for a new investigation.
Kerala High Court dismissed a father's plea for a Crime Branch probe into his child's 2017 death.
The court ruled the child died from drowning in a resort's baby swimming pool, not electrocution.
The father suspected electrocution due to discolouration of the child's body.
The court stated there were no indications of electricity leakage into the pool.
Discolouration was identified as cyanosis, a common sign of drowning, and postmortem reports did not suggest electrocution.
- Who
- A Saudi Arabia-based father and the Kerala High Court
- What
- The Kerala High Court dismissed a father's plea for a Crime Branch investigation into his child's death, ruling it was due to drowning and not electrocution.
- When
- Thursday
- Where
- Kerala High Court
- Why
- The court found no evidence of electrocution and stated that the child's death was consistent with drowning, as indicated by the postmortem and chemical/pathological reports.
- Court
- Kerala High Court
- Petitioner
- Saudi Arabia-based father
- Case Year
- 2017
- Location of Incident
- Kumarakom resort
- Alleged Cause of Death (Father)
- Electrocution
- Court's Finding on Cause of Death
- Drowning