# Karur Woman v. Government of Tamil Nadu and Others

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## Report card

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).

- Register number: TN 47 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P. No. 13577 of 1996
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: D. Murugesan, J.), 29 October 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, Karur Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “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.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 9 lakh (Rs 9,00,000).
- 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/779868/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0009)

**Record:** CW-2003-0009 (compiler id CWC-0472); case SOUTH-003
**Title:** Karur Woman v. Government of Tamil Nadu and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: D. Murugesan
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 13577 of 1996
**Judgment:** 2003-10-29 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1995-03-23 (1995)
**Place:** Karur, Tamil Nadu (district at time: Tiruchirappalli); city town: Karur; police station or unit: Karur Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, Karur Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Karur man, age 29 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 9 lakh (Rs 9,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/779868/)
**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
**display title redacted:** Karur Woman v. Government 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': '2003-10-29', '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 900,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P. No. 13577 of 1996', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/779868/', '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:** Madras HC held a Karur man tortured to death by Karur SI; Rs 9L total compensation (Rs 8L balance).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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