# Madanapalle Man and Anr. vs The State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 September 1994, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Motilal B. Naik, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector of Police, I Town Police Station, Madanapalle; Constable, I Town Police Station, Madanapalle, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: AP 39 CW 0009
- Case reference: 1994 (3) ALT 131
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Motilal B. Naik, J.), 19 September 1994
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, I Town Police Station, Madanapalle; Constable, I Town Police Station, Madanapalle
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “On a careful consideration of the entire material placed before me and in the facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to come to the conclusion that the death of a Madanapalle man is only on account of …” (at para 22)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/600315/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1994-0002)

**Record:** CW-1994-0002 (compiler id CWC-0001); case ANDHRA-001
**Title:** Madanapalle Man and Anr. vs The State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors.
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: Motilal B. Naik
**Case number / citation:** 1994 (3) ALT 131
**Judgment:** 1994-09-19 (1994, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1991-08-23 (1991)
**Place:** Annamayya, Andhra Pradesh (district at time: Chittoor); city town: Madanapalle; police station or unit: I Town Police Station, Madanapalle; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 21; Constitution of India Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, I Town Police Station, Madanapalle; Constable, I Town Police Station, Madanapalle (2 in record)
**Victims:** Madanapalle man, age 22 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The High Court found that the petitioners son, 22-year-old a Madanapalle man, died on account of beating and torture by police personnel of I Town Police Station, Madanapalle while in custody between 23-8-1991 and 24-8-1991. The Court rejected the police defense that the victim was beaten by a mob for saree theft and died spontaneously of a ruptured berry aneurysm, noting eleven external injuries, failure to provide medical care, and fabricated entries in police registers. Holding the State liable for the tortious acts of its police personnel under Article 21 and Article 226, the Court awarded Rs 1,00,000 compensation and Rs 10,000 costs to the parents with liberty to the State to recover the amount from guilty personnel after a departmental enquiry. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> On a careful consideration of the entire material placed before me and in the facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to come to the conclusion that the death of a Madanapalle man is only on account of beating and torture by the Police personnel of I Town Police Station, Madanapalle, while he was in their custody between 23-8-1991 and 24-8-1991.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/600315/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 22
**display title redacted:** Madanapalle Man and Anr. vs The State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors.
**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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1994-09-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Andhra Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Andhra Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1994 (3) ALT 131', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/600315/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** High Court found victim died from police custody torture at I Town PS Madanapalle and awarded Rs 1,00,000 compensation plus Rs 10,000 costs under Article 226.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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