{ "record_id": "CW-2025-0048", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0857", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Madurai Man v. The State represented by the Inspector of Police, Thideer Nagar Police Station, Madurai", "display_title_redacted": "Madurai Man v. The State represented by the Inspector of Police, Thideer Nagar Police Station, Madurai", "state": "Tamil Nadu", "district": "Madurai", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Madurai", "police_station_or_unit": "Thideer Nagar Police Station, Madurai", "court": "Madras High Court", "court_as_verified": "Madras High Court", "bench": "Madurai", "case_title": "Madurai Man v. The State represented by the Inspector of Police, Thideer Nagar Police Station, Madurai", "case_number": "Crl.A.(MD) No. 351 of 2023 (against Spl.C.C. No. 329 of 2021, I Additional Special Court for NDPS Act Cases, Madurai)", "citation": null, "judges": [ "K. K. Ramakrishnan" ], "judgment_date": "2025-10-15", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2025, "incident_date": "2021-06-26", "incident_year": 2021, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "misconduct", "admin_subcategory": "dereliction_evidence_tampering", "subcategory": "dereliction_evidence_tampering", "subcategory_display": "dereliction evidence tampering", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation", "sections": [], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Sub-Inspector", "unit": "Thideer Nagar Police Station, Madurai (P.W.2)", "role": "held_liable", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:no_row", "key2:no_row" ], "ledger_role": null, "key2": null, "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": null, "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": null, "jev_p_culpable": null, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Sub-Inspector, Thideer Nagar Police Station, Madurai (P.W.2)" }, { "name": null, "rank": null, "unit": "Thideer Nagar Police Station, Madurai (P.W.3, investigating officer)", "role": "held_liable", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:no_row", "key2:no_row" ], "ledger_role": null, "key2": null, "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": null, "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": null, "jev_p_culpable": null, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Police personnel, Thideer Nagar Police Station, Madurai (P.W.3, investigating officer)" }, { "name": null, "rank": null, "unit": "Thideer Nagar Police Station, Madurai (P.W.4, superior officer)", "role": "held_liable", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:no_row", "key2:no_row" ], "ledger_role": null, "key2": null, "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": null, "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": null, "jev_p_culpable": null, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Police personnel, Thideer Nagar Police Station, Madurai (P.W.4, superior officer)" } ], "officer_count": 3, "victims": [ { "age": null, "gender": "male", "name": null, "descriptor": "Madurai man" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "compensation_only", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": 1000000, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/avignesh-v-the-statewatermark-1751653.pdf", "secondary_sources": [ "https://lawstreet.co/judiciary/madras-hc-orders-three-police-offciers-to-pay-10-lakh-for-fabricating-evidence-in-ndps-case", "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madras-high-court/madras-high-court-police-officers-compensation-10-lakh-conviction-ndps-act-307977", "https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/madras-high-court-slaps-10-lakh-fine-on-3-cops-for-false-evidence-in-ndps-case" ], "summary": "The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court allowed a Madurai man criminal appeal, setting aside his 10-year NDPS conviction and sentence for alleged possession of 24 kg ganja at Melavasal on 26 June 2021. The Court found P.W.2, P.W.3 and P.W.4 of Thideer Nagar police station conspired to secure conviction by hook or crook through false evidence, including a fabricated Section 42 NDPS compliance document. Calling it an unholy alliance to secure conviction on false evidence, the Court acquitted a Madurai man, directed the three officers to jointly pay Rs 10 lakh compensation within one month, and directed the DGP, Chennai, to hold an inquiry into their conduct. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court allowed a Madurai man criminal appeal, setting aside his 10-year NDPS conviction and sentence for alleged possession of 24 kg ganja at Melavasal on 26 June 2021. The Court found P.W.2, P.W.3 and P.W.4 of Thideer Nagar police station conspired to secure conviction by hook or crook through false evidence, including a fabricated Section 42 NDPS compliance document. Calling it an unholy alliance to secure conviction on false evidence, the Court acquitted a Madurai man, directed the three officers to jointly pay Rs 10 lakh compensation within one month, and directed the DGP, Chennai, to hold an inquiry into their conduct.", "court_quote": "Therefore, this Court sees a unholy alliance between the witnesses to secure conviction based on false evidence.", "court_quote_para": "19", "confidence": "medium", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "NDPS conviction set aside; 3 unnamed officers to jointly pay Rs 10L for false evidence; DGP inquiry ordered.", "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": "Other", "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": "2025-10-15", "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 1,000,000.", "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)", "source": "Crl.A.(MD) No. 351 of 2023 (against Spl.C.C. No. 329 of 2021, I Additional Special Court for NDPS Act Cases, Madurai)", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." } ], "later_proceedings": [], "final_outcome_url": null, "followup_history": [], "followup_status": "never_checked", "last_checked": null, "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/avignesh-v-the-statewatermark-1751653.pdf", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://lawstreet.co/judiciary/madras-hc-orders-three-police-offciers-to-pay-10-lakh-for-fabricating-evidence-in-ndps-case", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madras-high-court/madras-high-court-police-officers-compensation-10-lakh-conviction-ndps-act-307977", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/madras-high-court-slaps-10-lakh-fine-on-3-cops-for-false-evidence-in-ndps-case", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": true, "verified_by": [ "chunk-32" ], "merged_case_id": "SWDERELI-002", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }