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 "record_id": "CW-2007-0004",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-0376",
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 "display_title": "The Government of Tamil Nadu and Ors. vs R. Dhanalakshmi",
 "display_title_redacted": "The Government of Tamil Nadu and Ors. vs R. Dhanalakshmi",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Karur",
 "district_at_time": "Tiruchirappalli",
 "city_town": "Karur",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Karur Police Station",
 "court": "Madras High Court",
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 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "The Government of Tamil Nadu and Ors. vs R. Dhanalakshmi",
 "case_number": "W.A. No. 1169 of 2004",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "P. Sathasivam, J.",
  "S. Tamilvanan, J."
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 "judgment_date": "2007-04-11",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2007,
 "incident_date": "1995-03-23",
 "incident_year": 1995,
 "category": "Custodial death",
 "admin_category": "brutality",
 "admin_subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "subcategory_display": "custodial death",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
 "sections": [
  "Constitution of India Article 226"
 ],
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   "rank": "Sub-Inspector of Police",
   "unit": "Karur Police Station",
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   "later_outcome": "none_found",
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 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": 29,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Karur man, age 29"
  }
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 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
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 "compensation_inr": 500000,
 "force": "state_police",
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 "summary": "A Division Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed the State's appeal against the single Judge's order dated 29.10.2003 in W.P. No. 13577 of 1996 and affirmed that a Karur man, aged about 29, died of police torture in Karur custody. The Court recorded that SI took a Karur man from his house at about 5 a.m. on 23.03.1995, that he was tortured and beaten to death, and that the post-mortem showed death by neurogenic shock from chest injuries, corroborated by the Sub-Collector's enquiry under Police Standing Order 145. Holding the family undoubtedly entitled to adequate compensation but cutting the multiplier-based Rs 9 lakh for want of documentary proof of lorry income, the Court fixed Rs 5 lakh total, with the balance over the Rs 3 lakh already paid (Rs 1 lakh ex-gratia plus Rs 2 lakh interim) payable within eight weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "A Division Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed the State's appeal against the single Judge's order dated 29.10.2003 in W.P. No. 13577 of 1996 and affirmed that a Karur man, aged about 29, died of police torture in Karur custody. The Court recorded that SI took a Karur man from his house at about 5 a.m. on 23.03.1995, that he was tortured and beaten to death, and that the post-mortem showed death by neurogenic shock from chest injuries, corroborated by the Sub-Collector's enquiry under Police Standing Order 145. Holding the family undoubtedly entitled to adequate compensation but cutting the multiplier-based Rs 9 lakh for want of documentary proof of lorry income, the Court fixed Rs 5 lakh total, with the balance over the Rs 3 lakh already paid (Rs 1 lakh ex-gratia plus Rs 2 lakh interim) payable within eight weeks.",
 "court_quote": "ends of justice would be met by awarding a compensation of Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees five lakhs only) to the petitioner",
 "court_quote_para": "15",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Division Bench affirmed a Karur man died of police torture in Karur custody and fixed total compensation at Rs 5 lakh (reducing single Judge's Rs 9 lakh).",
 "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"
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 "allegations": [
  {
   "category": "Custodial death",
   "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"
  }
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 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "2007-04-11",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Madras High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "W.A. No. 1169 of 2004",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
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 "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",
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 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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 "merged_case_id": "TAMILN-012",
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 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
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