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 "display_title": "Chunambedu Man v. The National Human Rights Commission and Ors.",
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 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Chengalpattu",
 "district_at_time": "Kanchipuram",
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 "court": "Madras High Court",
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 "case_title": "Chunambedu Man v. The National Human Rights Commission and Ors.",
 "case_number": "W.P. No. 17327 of 2011",
 "citation": "(2011) 09 MAD CK 0309",
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  "K. Chandru"
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 "judgment_date": "2011-09-28",
 "date_precision": "day",
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 "incident_date": "2008-02-15",
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 "category": "Custodial death",
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 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
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  "Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act s.4(1)(i)",
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  "Constitution Art 226"
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   "name": null,
   "age": 42,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Chunambedu man, age 42"
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 "sentence_type": "mixed",
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 "compensation_inr": 300000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/615283/d-kannagi-appellant-hash-the-national-human-rights-commission-the-state-human-rights-commission-/",
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Chunambedu man (42), arrested on 12 February 2008 in a Prohibition Act case by Chunambedu police, told his wife on 14 February 2008 that he had been tortured, and was brought dead to Royapettah Hospital from Puzhal prison on 15 February 2008. The SDM enquiry under PSO 151 found he was tortured with third-degree methods before prison admission with a false no-injury entry, recommending departmental and criminal action against six policemen. The State paid Rs.3 lakhs compensation (Rs.1 lakh plus Rs.2 lakhs on NHRC direction) and issued a show-cause notice to recover Rs.50,000 from each of the six. The court dismissed the policemen writ petitions, holding the recoveries shall continue without prejudice to departmental action and NHRC proceedings. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "A Chunambedu man (42), arrested on 12 February 2008 in a Prohibition Act case by Chunambedu police, told his wife on 14 February 2008 that he had been tortured, and was brought dead to Royapettah Hospital from Puzhal prison on 15 February 2008. The SDM enquiry under PSO 151 found he was tortured with third-degree methods before prison admission with a false no-injury entry, recommending departmental and criminal action against six policemen. The State paid Rs.3 lakhs compensation (Rs.1 lakh plus Rs.2 lakhs on NHRC direction) and issued a show-cause notice to recover Rs.50,000 from each of the six. The court dismissed the policemen writ petitions, holding the recoveries shall continue without prejudice to departmental action and NHRC proceedings.",
 "court_quote": "The conduct of the policemen in treating an under trial and applying a third degree method against him cannot be condoned.",
 "court_quote_para": "11",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Madras HC (K. Chandru, J.) dismissed the policemen writs: third-degree torture of a Chunambedu man held proved; Rs.50,000 recovery each toward Rs.3L compensation to continue.",
 "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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   "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": "2011-09-28",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
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   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "(2011) 09 MAD CK 0309",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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