# T. vs State of Tamil Nadu and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 November 2005 in W.A. No. 1167 of 1998, the Madras High Court (Coram: A.P. Shah, C.J., F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla, J., JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector of Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: TN 45 CW 0002
- Case reference: W.A. No. 1167 of 1998 / 2006 (1) MLJ 108
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: A.P. Shah, C.J., F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla, J., JJ.), 29 November 2005
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Where a heinous crime of rape committed by the police personnel, who are public functionaries, the matter clearly relates to the violation of basic human rights as well as Fundamental Right guaranteed under Article 21” (at para 8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/839968/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2005-0010)

**Record:** CW-2005-0010 (compiler id CWC-0370); case TAMILN-006
**Title:** T. vs State of Tamil Nadu and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: A.P. Shah, C.J.; F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla, J.
**Case number / citation:** W.A. No. 1167 of 1998 / 2006 (1) MLJ 108
**Judgment:** 2005-11-29 (2005, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-07-01 (1989)
**Place:** Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu; city town: Vaiyampatty; police station or unit: Vaiyampatty Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial rape sexual assault
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Article 21; Constitution of India Article 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Vaiyampatty woman; Vaiyampatty man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court enhanced the compensation awarded to Dalit agricultural laborer the complainant and her husband \[name withheld\] from Rs 75,000 to Rs 5,00,000 for custodial rape and illegal confinement by a Sub-Inspector in July 1989. The victim had been called to the police station where her husband was held, threatened, stripped of jewelry, and subjected to custodial rape. Chief Justice A.P. Shah held that rape by police officers constitutes a gross violation of fundamental rights and human dignity under Article 21, warranting public law compensation. The Court ordered the State to pay the enhanced amount with 6% interest, granted liberty to recover the sum from delinquent police personnel, and directed the government to consider allotting agricultural land under the THADCO scheme. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Where a heinous crime of rape committed by the police personnel, who are public functionaries, the matter clearly relates to the violation of basic human rights as well as Fundamental Right guaranteed under Article 21

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/839968/)
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** T. 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['officers'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2005-11-29', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2006 (1) MLJ 108', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/839968/', '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:** High Court enhanced compensation to Rs 5,00,000 for custodial rape of Dalit woman Lakshmi by Sub-Inspector, recoverable from delinquent police.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': None, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'the complainant'}; {'age': None, 'gender': 'male', 'descriptor': 'a man'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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