# Vaiyampatti Man vs State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 9 September 1998 in W.P. No. 10 of 1990, the Madras High Court (Coram: P. Sathasivam, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector (Crime), Manapparai; Sub-Inspector (Law & Order), Vaiyampatti Police Station; Grade I Police Constable 1682, Vaiyampatti Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,45,000).

- Register number: TN 45 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P. No. 10 of 1990 / 1998(3) CTC 628
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: P. Sathasivam, J.), 9 September 1998
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector (Crime), Manapparai; Sub-Inspector (Law & Order), Vaiyampatti Police Station; Grade I Police Constable 1682, Vaiyampatti Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 340 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 343 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 321 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The fact remains that the Police Officers concerned in that Police Station were alone responsible for the death of a Vaiyampatti man” (at para 9)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,45,000).
- 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/906606/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1998-0011)

**Record:** CW-1998-0011 (compiler id CWC-0824); case GAP2-37-004
**Title:** Vaiyampatti Man vs State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: P. Sathasivam
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 10 of 1990 / 1998(3) CTC 628
**Judgment:** 1998-09-09 (1998, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-12-13 (1989)
**Place:** Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu (district at time: Trichy); city town: Vaiyampatti; police station or unit: Vaiyampatti Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 340; IPC 343; IPC 321
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector (Crime), Manapparai; Sub-Inspector (Law & Order), Vaiyampatti Police Station; Grade I Police Constable 1682, Vaiyampatti Police Station
**Victims:** Vaiyampatti man; Vaiyampatti man (11 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,45,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Madras High Court (P. Sathasivam, J.) allowed a public interest writ petition over the events of 13 December 1989 at Vaiyampatti, where a Vaiyampatti man, picked up for interrogation in a theft complaint, was found hanging from a tree inside the police station premises, and police firing on the protesting mob killed a Vaiyampatti man and injured nine others. The court held that the Vaiyampatti police officers alone were responsible for a Vaiyampatti man's custodial death, noting the Sub-Collector's enquiry and the Sessions Judge's observations. While accepting that the police firing itself was justified, the court enhanced the ex gratia relief, awarding Rs.1,00,000 to a Vaiyampatti man's widow, Rs.50,000 each to a Vaiyampatti man's parents, Rs.5,000 each to the nine injured, and Rs.1,000 costs, all payable within four weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The fact remains that the Police Officers concerned in that Police Station were alone responsible for the death of a Vaiyampatti man

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/906606/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/38215/r-nandakumar-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu-and-2-others/)
**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:** 9
**display title redacted:** Vaiyampatti Man vs State of Tamil Nadu 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': '1998-09-09', '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 245,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1998(3) CTC 628', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/906606/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/38215/r-nandakumar-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu-and-2-others/', '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:** PIL allowed; police held solely responsible for custodial death; Rs.2.45 lakh total compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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