# C. V. vs State of Tamil Nadu and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 April 1999 in Crl.O.P. No. 167 of 1998, the Madras High Court (Coram: M. Karpagavinayagam, J.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: PY 01 CW 0001
- Case reference: Crl.O.P. No. 167 of 1998 / (1999) 04 MAD CK 0016
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: M. Karpagavinayagam, J.), 19 April 1999
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Grand Bazaar Police Station, Pondicherry Police)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376(2)(a)(iii) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376(2)(g) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “there are prima facie materials to prove that the victim \[the complainant\] was gang-raped by the Police personnel attached to the Pondicherry Grand Bazaar Police Station.” (at para 7)
- 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/7900/c-vijaya-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1999-0004)

**Record:** CW-1999-0004 (compiler id CWC-0293); case PUDUCH-001
**Title:** C. V. vs State of Tamil Nadu and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: M. Karpagavinayagam
**Case number / citation:** Crl.O.P. No. 167 of 1998 / (1999) 04 MAD CK 0016
**Judgment:** 1999-04-19 (1999, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-07-30 (1993)
**Place:** Puducherry, Puducherry; city town: Puducherry; police station or unit: Grand Bazaar Police Station, Pondicherry Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial rape sexual assault
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 366; IPC 376(2)(a)(iii); IPC 376(2)(g)
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (6 in record)
**Victims:** Puducherry woman, age 22 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Madras High Court recorded that prima facie materials proved 22-year-old the complainant, a Dalit woman, was gang-raped by Pondicherry Grand Bazaar police personnel who took her from Sitharasur village in a police van on the night of 29/30 July 1993 on the pretext of tracing a theft suspect. The Court noted the offence occurred in Tamil Nadu (Vellamai, Villupuram district) while she was in their custody, and held the Union Territory of Pondicherry vicariously liable as their employer. It directed the Chief Secretary to pay Rs 1,00,000 compensation to the victim and ordered further investigation adding SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act provisions. The criminal trial outcome is not recorded in this order.

> there are prima facie materials to prove that the victim \[the complainant\] was gang-raped by the Police personnel attached to the Pondicherry Grand Bazaar Police Station.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/7900/c-vijaya-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu-and-others/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_rape_sexual_assault
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 7
**display title redacted:** C. V. vs State of Tamil Nadu and Others
**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': '1999-04-19', '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) 04 MAD CK 0016', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/7900/c-vijaya-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu-and-others/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial rape sexual assault
**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:** Madras HC recorded prima facie custodial gang-rape by Pondicherry police and awarded Rs 1 lakh; matches adverse_finding_compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': 22, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'the complainant'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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