The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. Justice D. Murugesan held that a Karur man died in police custody due to torture by SI of Karur police station and awarded Rs 9 lakh total just compensation (Rs 8 lakh balance after the Rs 1 lakh ex-gratia already paid), apportioned equally among the widow, two minor sons and mother, payable within one month. A Karur man was taken into custody at 5 a.m. on 23 March 1995 and beaten to death in the police van; the Sub-Collector Karur enquiry under PSO 145 found death solely due to torture by the SI and the post-mortem showed neurogenic shock from chest injuries. The State did not deny torture in its counter. The court held [name withheld] to have tortured and beaten the deceased to death and ordered Rs 9 lakh total compensation with departmental punishment; the related criminal case ended in acquittal with the State appeal pending, so no criminal conviction subsists on this record. The Court computed quantum on the motor-accident multiplier method (Rs 6,000/month income, multiplier 18), noting the SI's criminal prosecution had ended in acquittal with a State appeal pending.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 29 October 2003 in W.P. No. 13577 of 1996, the Madras High Court (Coram: D. Murugesan, J.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector of Police, Karur Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 9 lakh (Rs 9,00,000).
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“The deceased [name withheld] died while he was in police custody and that too, due to harassment at the hands of the Sub Inspector of Police, Karur Police Station.”
The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 900,000.
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