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Custodial violence is abhorrent, not acceptable in civilised society and is a crime against humanity, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while affirming the conviction of two police officers who were found to have mercilessly beaten a man leading to his eventual death back in 1985 (Pravat Chandra Mohanty and anr v. State of Odisha).