# Chennai Man v. The State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 March 2004 in W.P. No. 14879 of 1994, the Madras High Court (Coram: K. P. Sivasubramaniam, J.) returned findings adverse to 5 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, E-2 Royapettah Police Station; Head Constable, E-2 Royapettah Police Station; Constable, E-2 Royapettah Police Station; Constable, E-2 Royapettah Police Station; Constable, E-2 Royapettah Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 4.3 lakh (Rs 4,30,000).

- Register number: TN 01 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P. No. 14879 of 1994 / (2004) 03 MAD CK 0191
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K. P. Sivasubramaniam, J.), 4 March 2004
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, E-2 Royapettah Police Station; Head Constable, E-2 Royapettah Police Station; Constable, E-2 Royapettah Police Station; Constable, E-2 Royapettah Police Station; Constable, E-2 Royapettah Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Here is a case where the victim who is admittedly not a rowdy and had never been to the Police Station before, has been done to death by inhuman and sadistic action by the party/respondents.” (at para 75)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 4.3 lakh (Rs 4,30,000).
- 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/124485/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2004-0007)

**Record:** CW-2004-0007 (compiler id CWC-0822); case GAP2-37-002
**Title:** Chennai Man v. The State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: K. P. Sivasubramaniam
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 14879 of 1994 / (2004) 03 MAD CK 0191
**Judgment:** 2004-03-04 (2004, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-06-21 (1993)
**Place:** Chennai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Chennai; police station or unit: E-2 Royapettah Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, E-2 Royapettah Police Station; Head Constable, E-2 Royapettah Police Station; Constable, E-2 Royapettah Police Station; Constable, E-2 Royapettah Police Station; Constable, E-2 Royapettah Police Station (5 in record)
**Victims:** Chennai man, age 24 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 4.3 lakh (Rs 4,30,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

On 4 March 2004 the Madras High Court (K. P. Sivasubramaniam, J.) allowed the writ petition of S. Meena, a Class IV postal employee whose 24-year-old son \[name withheld\] was brutally beaten by E-2 Royapettah police personnel on the night of 21 June 1993 and died. The court accepted eyewitness accounts and the P.A. to Collector's Clause-145 PSO enquiry findings holding respondents 7 to 11 responsible for the custodial assault, torture and murder. The court fixed total compensation at Rs. 4,30,000 (Rs. 2,50,000 plus interest and Rs. 15,000 funeral expenses), directing payment of the Rs. 3,80,000 balance after deducting Rs. 50,000 already paid, within six weeks, failing which 18% interest, with liberty to the State to recover from the party-respondents. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Here is a case where the victim who is admittedly not a rowdy and had never been to the Police Station before, has been done to death by inhuman and sadistic action by the party/respondents.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/124485/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/72225/s-meena-vs-the-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_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
**court quote para:** 75
**display title redacted:** Chennai Man v. The State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
**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': '2004-03-04', '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 430,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2004) 03 MAD CK 0191', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/124485/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/72225/s-meena-vs-the-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 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:** Full judgment verified via mirror; custodial murder found, Rs.4.3 lakh total compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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