# Pudupet Man vs State of Tamil Nadu

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 August 1994 in W.P. No. 2470 of 1984, the Madras High Court (Coram: Mishra, J.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Thirupathur Taluk police, North Arcot district, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: TN 83 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P. No. 2470 of 1984 / 1994 (2) LW (Crl) 687
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: Mishra, J.), 17 August 1994
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Thirupathur Taluk police, North Arcot district
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “On an independent assessment of the facts as aforementioned, which are not in controversy, I have no hesitation in holding that the petitioner has made out a positive case of assault upon her son by the police and that policemen …” (at para 8)
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/11808/baggiam-doraiswamy-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1994-0009)

**Record:** CW-1994-0009 (compiler id CWC-0825); case GAP2-37-005
**Title:** Pudupet Man vs State of Tamil Nadu
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: Mishra
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 2470 of 1984 / 1994 (2) LW (Crl) 687
**Judgment:** 1994-08-17 (1994, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1977-01-11 (1977)
**Place:** Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu (district at time: North Arcot); city town: Pudupet; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Thirupathur Taluk police, North Arcot district
**Victims:** Pudupet man, age 21 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Madras High Court (Mishra, J.) allowed the writ petition of Baggiam Doraiswamy, whose 21-year-old son \[name withheld\], an automobile mechanic branded a naxalite on landlords' complaints, was produced by his own parents before the police on 25 November 1976 and killed on 11 January 1977 at Nainathiyur village near Pudupet. The court rejected the police encounter story, accepting the Sub-Collector's inquest and the Board of Revenue Member's findings that policemen brutally beat a Pudupet man after capture, concealed facts, filed a false complaint and burnt the body. Holding policemen alone responsible for the death and the criminal acquittal no bar, the court directed the State to pay Rs.1,00,000, retained and invested so as to yield the petitioner not less than Rs.1,000 per month for life. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> On an independent assessment of the facts as aforementioned, which are not in controversy, I have no hesitation in holding that the petitioner has made out a positive case of assault upon her son by the police and that policemen alone are responsible for this death.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/11808/baggiam-doraiswamy-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56e12dc0607dba3896622c56)
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Pudupet 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1994-08-17', '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 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1994 (2) LW (Crl) 687', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/11808/baggiam-doraiswamy-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56e12dc0607dba3896622c56', '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:** Writ allowed; police alone held responsible for custodial killing; Rs.1 lakh invested for monthly maintenance.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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