# Tiruttani Woman vs Government of Tamil Nadu and Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 November 1998, the Madras High Court (Coram: N.K. Jain, J.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Pallipet Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: TN 12 CW 0001
- Case reference: 1999 Cri LJ 1915
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: N.K. Jain, J.), 20 November 1998
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Pallipet Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “On considering the overall facts and the legal position, we are fully convinced that this is a fit case where personal liberty of two persons, has been deprived of by the carelessness, inaction and unfair investigation of the police, which …” (at para 10)
- 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/1578452/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1998-0012)

**Record:** CW-1998-0012 (compiler id CWC-0823); case GAP2-37-003
**Title:** Tiruttani Woman vs Government of Tamil Nadu and Anr.
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: N.K. Jain
**Case number / citation:** 1999 Cri LJ 1915
**Judgment:** 1998-11-20 (1998, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1998-05-24 (1998)
**Place:** Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu; city town: Tiruttani; police station or unit: Pallipet Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 498A
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Pallipet Police Station
**Victims:** Tiruttani man; Tiruttani man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Madras High Court (N.K. Jain, J.) allowed a mother's habeas corpus petition for her two sons, a Tiruttani man and a Tiruttani man, arrested on 24 May 1998 in a Pallipet murder case (Cr. No. 216/1998) after a half-burnt body was found. The court found that even after the supposed victim \[name withheld\] was found alive at Tirupati and stated under s.164 CrPC that the detenus were not responsible, police inaction kept the brothers in the Tiruvellore sub-jail. Holding their personal liberty was deprived by the carelessness, inaction and unfair investigation of the police, the court set the detenus at liberty and directed the State to pay Rs.50,000 to each of them directly within two months. The State was left free to take action against the officers concerned. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> On considering the overall facts and the legal position, we are fully convinced that this is a fit case where personal liberty of two persons, has been deprived of by the carelessness, inaction and unfair investigation of the police, which cannot be said to be bona fide even no bias has been pleaded.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1578452/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 10
**display title redacted:** Tiruttani Woman vs Government of Tamil Nadu and Anr.
**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': '1998-11-20', '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': '1999 Cri LJ 1915', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1578452/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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; Rs.50,000 each to two detenus for unfair investigation and prolonged illegal custody.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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