The Madras High Court awarded Rs 5,00,000 as public law compensation to the widow and four children of a Budalur man, who died under police custody at Budalur Police Station in Thanjavur district on 11.06.1981. An enquiry by the Revenue Divisional Officer concluded that the deceased was killed in custody and held all five on-duty police personnel responsible. While the trial court initially acquitted them, the High Court on State appeal convicted all five police personnel under Section 342 IPC for wrongful confinement on 11.05.1991. Justice P.D. Dinakaran held that custodial death constitutes a grave infraction of Article 21 and rejected the State's plea of delay, ordering the payment of Rs 5 lakh in equal shares to the dependents alongside a recommendation for compassionate public employment. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 8 April 1999 in Writ Petition No. 1966 of 1992, the Madras High Court (Coram: P.D. Dinakaran, J., J.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Budalur Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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The Madras High Court judgment dated 8 April 1999 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“The case in hand is in no way different from the facts and circumstances of the cases of custodial deaths referred to above as admittedly it is found by this Court that the said Dorairaj died when he was in …” (para 11)
The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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