# Chennai Man vs State of Tamil Nadu

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 March 2006 in W.A. No. 587/2001 (against W.P. No. 12633/1999), the Madras High Court (Coram: P. Sathasivam, J.A.K. Sampathkumar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Grade I Police Constable, E.1 Mylapore Police Station; Traffic Police Constable, E.1 Mylapore Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: TN 01 CW 0004
- Case reference: W.A. No. 587/2001 (against W.P. No. 12633/1999)
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: P. Sathasivam, J.A.K. Sampathkumar, JJ.), 6 March 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time: Grade I Police Constable, E.1 Mylapore Police Station; Traffic Police Constable, E.1 Mylapore Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is clear from the findings of the Commission of Enquiry which was accepted by the Government that though the death was not due to police torture, undoubtedly, the death occurred due to the negligence of the police personnel.” (at para 13)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
- 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/1696668/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2006-0003)

**Record:** CW-2006-0003 (compiler id CWC-0358); case TAMILN-005
**Title:** Chennai Man vs State of Tamil Nadu
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: P. Sathasivam; J.A.K. Sampathkumar
**Case number / citation:** W.A. No. 587/2001 (against W.P. No. 12633/1999)
**Judgment:** 2006-03-06 (2006, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1997-04-12 (1997)
**Place:** Chennai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Chennai; police station or unit: E.1 Mylapore Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226; Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Grade I Police Constable, E.1 Mylapore Police Station; Traffic Police Constable, E.1 Mylapore Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Chennai man, age 22 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court allowed the writ appeal of K. Kabali of Mylapore, whose 22-year-old son \[name withheld\] was forcibly thrown into a police jeep by traffic police near Luz Corner Signal on 12 April 1997 and found dead the next day, directing the State to pay a further Rs 3 lakh compensation under Article 226 in addition to the Rs 50,000 ex gratia already sanctioned. The Court relied on the Maruthamuthu Commission of Enquiry findings, accepted by the Government and tabled in the Assembly, that the action of Traffic Inspector and Police Constable was not in accordance with rules and their negligence caused the death. It held compensation under Article 226 appropriate where violation of fundamental rights by public functionaries is established, and noted the Government had ordered departmental action against both personnel for dereliction of duty. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is clear from the findings of the Commission of Enquiry which was accepted by the Government that though the death was not due to police torture, undoubtedly, the death occurred due to the negligence of the police personnel.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1696668/)
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Chennai Man vs State of Tamil Nadu
**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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2006-03-06', '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 300,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.A. No. 587/2001 (against W.P. No. 12633/1999)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1696668/', '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 High Court Division Bench directed a further Rs 3 lakh compensation (over Rs 50,000 ex gratia) for the death of Ramesh after traffic-police pickup, relying on the Commission of Enquiry negligence finding.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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