# Pooyappally Man vs Pooyappally Man

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## Report card

By judgment dated 30 July 2007 in Crl.R.P. No. 20 of 1999, the Kerala High Court (Coram: J.B. Koshy, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Police Constable, Pooyappally Police Station, Kollam, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1,000.

- Register number: KL 02 CW 0002
- Case reference: Crl.R.P. No. 20 of 1999
- Court and date: Kerala High Court (Coram: J.B. Koshy, J.), 30 July 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Pooyappally Police Station, Kollam
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Both courts concurrently found that the version of PW1, supported by PW2, eye witness, and corroborated by medical evidence was correct. I see no ground to interfere in the same in the revisional jurisdiction and the conviction is confirmed.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine. Compensation: Rs 1,000.
- 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/1286096/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0027)

**Record:** CW-2007-0027 (compiler id CWC-1235); case GAP3-66-001
**Title:** Pooyappally Man vs Pooyappally Man
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: J.B. Koshy
**Case number / citation:** Crl.R.P. No. 20 of 1999
**Judgment:** 2007-07-30 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-06-01 (1993)
**Place:** Kollam, Kerala; city town: Pooyappally; police station or unit: Pooyappally Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 323
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Pooyappally Police Station, Kollam (1 in record)
**Victims:** Pooyappally man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; Rs 1,000
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. On 1 June 1993, auto-rickshaw driver \[name withheld\] was taken to Pooyappally police station after failing to stop instantly at a constable's signal, and inside the station constable slapped him on the left ear, causing bleeding and hearing loss that needed inpatient ENT treatment till 11 June 1993. The driver filed a private complaint, and the trial and appellate courts convicted the constable under Section 323 IPC with release on probation. The Kerala High Court held the complainant's version was supported by an independent occurrence witness and medical evidence, and dismissed the revision. The court confirmed the conviction, the probation release and Rs.1,000 compensation, remarking the appellate court had taken a very lenient view. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Both courts concurrently found that the version of PW1, supported by PW2, eye witness, and corroborated by medical evidence was correct. I see no ground to interfere in the same in the revisional jurisdiction and the conviction is confirmed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1286096/)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Pooyappally Man vs Pooyappally Man
**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 Kerala High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Crl.R.P. No. 20 of 1999', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2007-07-30', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Kerala High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Kerala High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Crl.R.P. No. 20 of 1999', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1286096/', '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:** HC order verified on Indian Kanoon; Section 323 conviction of on-duty constable for station-house assault confirmed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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