# Kammapuram Man vs State of Tamil Nadu

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 August 1994 in H.C.P. No. 711 of 1993, the Madras High Court (Coram: Shivaraj Patil, Mishra, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Kammapuram Police Station; Constable, Kammapuram Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.6 lakh (Rs 2,60,000).

- Register number: TN 31 CW 0001
- Case reference: H.C.P. No. 711 of 1993 / 1994 (2) LW (Crl) 680
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: Shivaraj Patil, Mishra, JJ.), 1 August 1994
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Kammapuram Police Station; Constable, Kammapuram Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 220 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Instead of the body of the petitioner's husband alive, brought before the court, the information received is that he has been done to death by the fourth respondent and his men.” (at para 17)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2.6 lakh (Rs 2,60,000).
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/60879/in-the-matter-of-rajakannu-husband-of-the-petitioner-herein-r-parvathi-appellant-hash-state-of-t/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1994-0008)

**Record:** CW-1994-0008 (compiler id CWC-0827); case GAP2-37-007
**Title:** Kammapuram Man vs State of Tamil Nadu
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: Shivaraj Patil; Mishra
**Case number / citation:** H.C.P. No. 711 of 1993 / 1994 (2) LW (Crl) 680
**Judgment:** 1994-08-01 (1994, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-03-20 (1993)
**Place:** Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu (district at time: South Arcot); city town: Kammapuram; police station or unit: Kammapuram Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 218; IPC 220; IPC 302; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Kammapuram Police Station; Constable, Kammapuram Police Station
**Victims:** Kammapuram man; Kammapuram woman; Kammapuram man, age 25; Kammapuram boy, age 13; Kammapuram man, age 55; Kammapuram resident; Kammapuram resident; Kammapuram resident; Kammapuram resident; Kammapuram girl, age 10 (10 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2.6 lakh (Rs 2,60,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court allowed the habeas corpus petition of a woman, a Kurava (as stated in the judgment) daily-wage labourer, whose family was rounded up on 20 March 1993 by SI of Kammapuram police station... \[rest of summary unchanged\]. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Instead of the body of the petitioner's husband alive, brought before the court, the information received is that he has been done to death by the fourth respondent and his men.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/60879/in-the-matter-of-rajakannu-husband-of-the-petitioner-herein-r-parvathi-appellant-hash-state-of-t/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=214991431100)
**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:** True
**court quote para:** 17
**display title redacted:** Kammapuram Man vs State of Tamil Nadu
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1994-08-01', '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 260,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1994 (2) LW (Crl) 680', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/60879/in-the-matter-of-rajakannu-husband-of-the-petitioner-herein-r-parvathi-appellant-hash-state-of-t/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=214991431100', '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:** HCP allowed; custodial death by named SI and men; Rs.2.6 lakh scheme; CB-CID report sent for prosecution.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': None, 'gender': 'male', 'descriptor': 'a man'}; {'age': None, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'a woman'}; {'age': 25, 'gender': 'male', 'descriptor': 'a man'}; {'age': 13, 'gender': 'male', 'descriptor': 'a 13-year-old boy'}; {'age': 55, 'gender': 'male', 'descriptor': 'a man'}; {'age': None, 'gender': None, 'descriptor': 'a person'}; {'age': None, 'gender': None, 'descriptor': 'a person'}; {'age': None, 'gender': None, 'descriptor': 'a person'}; {'age': None, 'gender': None, 'descriptor': 'a person'}; {'age': 10, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'a 10-year-old girl'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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