# Ramasamy vs State

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 December 2006 in Crl.A. Nos. 735 & 738 of 2004 (with Crl.A. No. 668 of 2005), the Madras High Court (Coram: R. Balasubramanian, A.C. Arumugaperumal Adityan, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: Anthonysamy (Sub-Inspector); Veerasamy (Constable); Ramasamy (Constable); Inspector, Kammapuram.

- Register number: TN 31 CW 0005
- Case reference: Crl.A. Nos. 735 & 738 of 2004 (with Crl.A. No. 668 of 2005)
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: R. Balasubramanian, A.C. Arumugaperumal Adityan, JJ.), 4 December 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time: Anthonysamy (Sub-Inspector); Veerasamy (Constable); Ramasamy (Constable); Inspector, Kammapuram
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 348 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 220 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Therefore the evidence of P.Ws.1 and 7 establish beyond doubt that a Kammapuram man definitely met his end in the police station itself after the brutal attack on him by A.1 and A.2.” (at para 24)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine.
- 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/165147/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2006-0012)

**Record:** CW-2006-0012 (compiler id CWC-0354); case TAMILN-001; aliases: CWC-0430
**Title:** Ramasamy vs State
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: R. Balasubramanian; A.C. Arumugaperumal Adityan
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. Nos. 735 & 738 of 2004 (with Crl.A. No. 668 of 2005)
**Judgment:** 2006-12-04 (2006, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-03-21 (1993)
**Place:** Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu; city town: Kammapuram; police station or unit: Kammapuram Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 34; IPC 342; IPC 348; IPC 330; IPC 201; IPC 220; IPC 218; IPC 323
**Officers (gated display forms):** Anthonysamy (Sub-Inspector); Veerasamy (Constable); Ramasamy (Constable); Inspector, Kammapuram (4 in record)
**Victims:** Kammapuram man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court confirmed the murder convictions and life sentences (with Rs 2,000 fine) of Sub-Inspector Anthonysamy and Constable Veerasamy of Kammapuram Police Station for beating burglary suspect \[name withheld\] to death in the station on 21-22 March 1993, dumping his body on a road and passing the death off as an escape from custody. Relying on the evidence of the victim wife and a co-detenu, the Court held it proved beyond doubt that a Kammapuram man died in the station after a brutal assault by the two officers, and confirmed the allied convictions for wrongful confinement, extortion of confession by hurt, destruction of evidence and related offences while setting aside the conspiracy charge. A-3 Constable Ramasamy was convicted only under Section 323 IPC and admonished under Section 3 of the Probation of Offenders Act with no sentence, being acquitted of the graver charges with fines refunded; the life sentences in this judgment concern his co-accused. Constable Ramasamy was acquitted of the grave charges, convicted only under Section 323 IPC and admonished under the Probation of Offenders Act; Inspector accepted his fine-only conviction and the State appeal against the doctor acquittal was dismissed.

> Therefore the evidence of P.Ws.1 and 7 establish beyond doubt that a Kammapuram man definitely met his end in the police station itself after the brutal attack on him by A.1 and A.2.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/165147/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/182869297/)
**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:** 24
**display title redacted:** Ramasamy vs State
**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': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Crl.A. Nos. 735 & 738 of 2004 (with Crl.A. No. 668 of 2005)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2006-12-04', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madras High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madras High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Crl.A. Nos. 735 & 738 of 2004 (with Crl.A. No. 668 of 2005)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/165147/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/182869297/', '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 confirmed life sentences of SI Anthonysamy and Constable Veerasamy for the custodial murder of a Kammapuram man; convicted Constable Ramasamy only under s.323 IPC and admonished him.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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