{ "record_id": "CW-2002-0002", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0479", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Govindan @ Govindarajan, Selvaraj & Ors. v. State rep. by R.D.O., Hosur (K. S. gang-rape case)", "display_title_redacted": "Govindan @ Govindarajan, Selvaraj & Ors. v. State rep. by R.D.O., Hosur (K. S. gang-rape case)", "state": "Tamil Nadu", "district": "Krishnagiri", "district_at_time": "Dharmapuri", "city_town": "Thalli", "police_station_or_unit": "Thalli PS", "court": "Madras High Court", "court_as_verified": "Madras High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Govindan @ Govindarajan, Selvaraj & Ors. v. State rep. by R.D.O., Hosur (K. S. gang-rape case)", "case_number": "Crl.A. Nos. 764 and 765 of 1993 with Crl.R.C. No. 172 of 1994", "citation": null, "judges": [ "M. Karpagavinayagam" ], "judgment_date": "2002-06-21", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2002, "incident_date": "1988-07-20", "incident_year": 1988, "category": "Custodial torture", "admin_category": "brutality", "admin_subcategory": "custodial_rape_sexual_assault", "subcategory": "custodial_rape_sexual_assault", "subcategory_display": "custodial rape sexual assault", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "conviction_upheld", "sections": [ "IPC 366", "IPC 376(2)(g)", "IPC 326", "IPC 307" ], "officers": [ { "name": "Balasubramanian", "rank": "Inspector of Police", "unit": "Thalli PS", "role": "convicted", "publish_grade": "named_safe", "gate_reasons": [], "ledger_role": "convicted", "key2": "yes", "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "yes", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.3, "jev_p_culpable": 0.86, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "none_found", "name_public": "Balasubramanian", "display": "Balasubramanian (Inspector of Police)" }, { "name": "Govindarajan", "rank": "Head Constable", "unit": "Thalli PS", "role": "convicted", "publish_grade": "named_safe", "gate_reasons": [], "ledger_role": "convicted", "key2": "yes", "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "yes", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.13, "jev_p_culpable": 0.93, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "none_found", "name_public": "Govindarajan", "display": "Govindarajan (Head Constable)" }, { "name": "Selvaraj", "rank": "Writer", "unit": "Thalli PS", "role": "convicted", "publish_grade": "named_safe", "gate_reasons": [], "ledger_role": "convicted", "key2": "yes", "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "yes", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.17, "jev_p_culpable": 0.93, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "none_found", "name_public": "Selvaraj", "display": "Selvaraj (Writer)" }, { "name": "Govindasamy", "rank": "Constable", "unit": "Thalli PS", "role": "convicted", "publish_grade": "named_safe", "gate_reasons": [], "ledger_role": "convicted", "key2": "yes", "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "yes", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.2, "jev_p_culpable": 0.91, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "none_found", "name_public": "Govindasamy", "display": "Govindasamy (Constable)" } ], "officer_count": 4, "victims": [ { "age": null, "gender": "female", "descriptor": "Thalli woman", "name": null } ], "victims_redacted": [ { "age": null, "gender": "female", "descriptor": "the complainant" } ], "anonymised": true, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "mixed", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": 500000, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/92954057/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "The Madras High Court confirmed the convictions of the Inspector, Head Constable, Writer and Constable of Thalli PS who, in uniform and on duty, gang-raped teacher the complainant in the station store-room on 20 July 1988, beat her, dumped her in a pit and stoned her. The Court held even the 10-year minimum was insufficient for uniformed custodial gang rape and enhanced the Section 376 sentence to life imprisonment on the victim's revision. It directed the Home Secretary to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation within three months and ordered the appellants to surrender. Identification parade, bloodstains and medical evidence were held to corroborate the victim. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "The Madras High Court confirmed the convictions of the Inspector, Head Constable, Writer and Constable of Thalli PS who, in uniform and on duty, gang-raped teacher Kalpana Sumathi in the station store-room on 20 July 1988, beat her, dumped her in a pit and stoned her. The Court held even the 10-year minimum was insufficient for uniformed custodial gang rape and enhanced the Section 376 sentence to life imprisonment on the victim's revision. It directed the Home Secretary to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation within three months and ordered the appellants to surrender. Identification parade, bloodstains and medical evidence were held to corroborate the victim.", "court_quote": "The uniformity in the sad episode is that while they committed gang rape inside the police station, they were in uniform and on duty.", "court_quote_para": "3", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "HC confirmed convictions, enhanced 376 sentence to life + Rs 5L compensation.", "verification_status": "V2", "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported", "tier_badge": "Externally reported", "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded", "tier_history": [ "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded" ], "allegations": [ { "category": "Custodial torture", "primary": true, "position": "Material fact supported", "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.", "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation" } ], "institutional_response": [ { "date": null, "action_type": "Conviction", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Trial court (as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment)", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment.", "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation", "source": "Crl.A. Nos. 764 and 765 of 1993 with Crl.R.C. No. 172 of 1994", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." }, { "date": "2002-06-21", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Madras High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Madras High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.", "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)", "source": "Crl.A. Nos. 764 and 765 of 1993 with Crl.R.C. No. 172 of 1994", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." } ], "later_proceedings": [], "final_outcome_url": null, "followup_history": [ { "date": "2026-09-19", "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass", "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)", "result": "holds", "corrections_applied": [ "case_title", "court_quote_para" ] } ], "followup_status": "checked", "last_checked": "2026-09-19", "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/92954057/", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": false, "verified_by": [ "chunk-42" ], "merged_case_id": "SWCUSTOD-009", "officers_named_public": 4, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }