# Coimbatore Man and Anr. vs State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 April 2008 in W.P. No. 716 of 2007, the Madras High Court (Coram: A.P. Shah, Prabha Sridevan, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Police Constable (R5), All Women Police Station, Coimbatore; Police Constable (R6), All Women Police Station / B-3 Police Station, Coimbatore; Police Constable (R7), Coimbatore City police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: TN 37 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P. No. 716 of 2007 / (2008) 4 MLJ 753
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: A.P. Shah, Prabha Sridevan, JJ.), 29 April 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable (R5), All Women Police Station, Coimbatore; Police Constable (R6), All Women Police Station / B-3 Police Station, Coimbatore; Police Constable (R7), Coimbatore City police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Though the incident was triggered off by the second Petitioner dashing against the fifth Respondent due to his low vision, there is no justification for the behaviour of the police personnel in having beaten him mercilessly, especially Respondents 5, 6 …” (at para 9)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/72310/coimbatore-bar-association-appellant-hash-state-of-tamil-nadu-and-others-respondent-1/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0021)

**Record:** CW-2008-0021 (compiler id CWC-0830); case GAP2-38-003
**Title:** Coimbatore Man and Anr. vs State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: A.P. Shah; Prabha Sridevan
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 716 of 2007 / (2008) 4 MLJ 753
**Judgment:** 2008-04-29 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2006-12-14 (2006)
**Place:** Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu; city town: Coimbatore; police station or unit: All Women Police Station, Coimbatore; 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):** Police Constable (R5), All Women Police Station, Coimbatore; Police Constable (R6), All Women Police Station / B-3 Police Station, Coimbatore; Police Constable (R7), Coimbatore City police (3 in record)
**Victims:** Coimbatore man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court (A.P. Shah, C.J. and Prabha Sridevan, J.) allowed the Coimbatore Bar Association's petition for a disabled practising advocate (post-brain-surgery, low vision) who was kicked and beaten on 14 December 2006 by woman Constable and striking-force constables at the town bus stand and again at the All Women Police Station, with a false modesty-outrage case foisted on him. Accepting retired Justice K.P. Sivasubramaniam's Commissioner report, the court held respondents 5 to 7 had beaten the advocate mercilessly and violated his human rights with impunity. It awarded Rs.50,000 compensation to the second petitioner, recoverable by the State from respondents 5 to 7. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Though the incident was triggered off by the second Petitioner dashing against the fifth Respondent due to his low vision, there is no justification for the behaviour of the police personnel in having beaten him mercilessly, especially Respondents 5, 6 and 7.

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/72310/coimbatore-bar-association-appellant-hash-state-of-tamil-nadu-and-others-respondent-1/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/291152/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56090308e4b014971115a990)
**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:** 9
**display title redacted:** Coimbatore Man and Anr. vs 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': '2008-04-29', '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 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2008) 4 MLJ 753', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/72310/coimbatore-bar-association-appellant-hash-state-of-tamil-nadu-and-others-respondent-1/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/291152/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56090308e4b014971115a990', '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:** Writ allowed; R5-R7 beat disabled advocate mercilessly; Rs.50,000 recoverable from them.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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