# Chennai Resident v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 10 July 2007 in W.A. No. 1130 of 2006 and W.P. No. 24160 of 2006, the Madras High Court (Coram: A. P. Shah, P. Jyothimani, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 5 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Sub-Inspector, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police personnel, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police personnel, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police Constable, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: TN 01 CW 0005
- Case reference: W.A. No. 1130 of 2006 and W.P. No. 24160 of 2006 / (2007) 4 MLJ 849
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: A. P. Shah, P. Jyothimani, JJ.), 10 July 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Sub-Inspector, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police personnel, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police personnel, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police Constable, P-3 Vyasarpadi 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): “only because of the conduct of respondents 4 to 8, the said \[the survivor\] has attempted to commit suicide and ultimately succumbed to the injuries on 29.06.2006” (at para 20)
- 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://clpr.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/46_Jayalakshmi_v_State_of_Tamil_Nadu.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0025)

**Record:** CW-2007-0025 (compiler id CWC-0832); case GAP2-38-005
**Title:** Chennai Resident v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: A. P. Shah; P. Jyothimani
**Case number / citation:** W.A. No. 1130 of 2006 and W.P. No. 24160 of 2006 / (2007) 4 MLJ 849
**Judgment:** 2007-07-10 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2006-06-12 (2006)
**Place:** Chennai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Chennai; police station or unit: P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Sub-Inspector, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police personnel, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police personnel, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police Constable, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station (5 in record)
**Victims:** Chennai resident, age 18 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. the survivor, an 18-year-old transgender youth on bail with a daily-reporting condition at P-3 Vyasarpadi police station, was subjected to sustained physical and sexual torture by station personnel during his reporting visits. He self-immolated opposite the station on 12 June 2006 and died of burn injuries on 29 June 2006. Relying on the Registrar (Vigilance) enquiry report, fabricated general-diary entries, a tampered accident register and the dying declaration, the Division Bench held the suicide was solely in consequence of the conduct of respondents 4 to 8. It directed the State to pay Rs.5 lakhs compensation, ordered disciplinary action against the five policemen, and left the State free to recover the amount from them. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> only because of the conduct of respondents 4 to 8, the said \[the survivor\] has attempted to commit suicide and ultimately succumbed to the injuries on 29.06.2006

**Sources (2):** [clpr.org.in](https://clpr.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/46_Jayalakshmi_v_State_of_Tamil_Nadu.pdf); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1373799/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**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:** False
**court quote para:** 20
**display title redacted:** Chennai Resident v. State of Tamil Nadu and 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': '2007-07-10', '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': '(2007) 4 MLJ 849', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://clpr.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/46_Jayalakshmi_v_State_of_Tamil_Nadu.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1373799/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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 Division Bench partly allowed W.A. 1130/2006: police torture drove victim to self-immolation; Rs.5L compensation plus disciplinary action against R4-R8.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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