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 "status": "current",
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 "display_title": "The State of Tamil Nadu and Ors. vs Pulliammal",
 "display_title_redacted": "The State of Tamil Nadu and Ors. vs Pulliammal",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Theni",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Periyakulam",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Periyakulam Police Station",
 "court": "Madras High Court",
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 "case_title": "The State of Tamil Nadu and Ors. vs Pulliammal",
 "case_number": "W.A. No. 1328 of 2001",
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 "judges": [
  "D. Murugesan, J.",
  "P.R. Shivakumar, J."
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 "judgment_date": "2007-12-20",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2007,
 "incident_date": "1996-11-02",
 "incident_year": 1996,
 "category": "Custodial death",
 "admin_category": "brutality",
 "admin_subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "subcategory": "custodial_death",
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 "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": "Periyakulam Police Station",
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   "name": null,
   "age": 44,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Periyakulam man, age 44"
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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 08.12.2000 in W.P. No. 11231 of 1997 and confirmed Rs 2 lakh compensation for the death of Pancharaju due to custodial violence. The Court recorded that Pancharaju, aged about 44, was arrested on 09.10.1996 by Periyakulam police in a prohibition case (Cr. No. 547 of 1996), was severely beaten by police, and died on 02.11.1996 after remand and hospitalisation. Rejecting the State's natural-cause defence based on the RDO enquiry, the Court upheld the finding of custodial violence and held Rs 2 lakh reasonable for the coolie's widow and three minor children, with the balance over the Rs 1 lakh already deposited payable within one month. 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 08.12.2000 in W.P. No. 11231 of 1997 and confirmed Rs 2 lakh compensation for the death of P. due to custodial violence. The Court recorded that P., aged about 44, was arrested on 09.10.1996 by Periyakulam police in a prohibition case (Cr. No. 547 of 1996), was severely beaten by police, and died on 02.11.1996 after remand and hospitalisation. Rejecting the State's natural-cause defence based on the RDO enquiry, the Court upheld the finding of custodial violence and held Rs 2 lakh reasonable for the coolie's widow and three minor children, with the balance over the Rs 1 lakh already deposited payable within one month.",
 "court_quote": "Therefore, the finding of the learned Single Judge regarding the fixation of liability to pay compensation for the death of Pancharaju due to custodial violence cannot be interfered with.",
 "court_quote_para": "17",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Division Bench dismissed State appeal and confirmed Rs 2 lakh compensation for Pancharaju's death due to custodial violence at Periyakulam.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
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 "allegations": [
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   "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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   "date": "2007-12-20",
   "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 200,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "W.A. No. 1328 of 2001",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
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   "date": "2026-09-19",
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