# Paramakudi Woman v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 September 2008 in Crl.O.P. No. 3715 of 2004, the Madras High Court (Coram: K. N. Basha, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Paramakudi Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Paramakudi Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: TN 65 CW 0001
- Case reference: Crl.O.P. No. 3715 of 2004 / LAWS(MAD)-2008-9-249
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K. N. Basha, J.), 6 September 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Paramakudi Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Paramakudi Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 454 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 380 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The sequence of events in respect of this case and the perusal of the medical evidence, viz., the Postmortem Certificate reveals the tell-tale of the custodial violence committed on the poor victim.” (at para 11)
- 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/11060/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0026)

**Record:** CW-2008-0026 (compiler id CWC-0837); case GAP2-38-010
**Title:** Paramakudi Woman v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: K. N. Basha
**Case number / citation:** Crl.O.P. No. 3715 of 2004 / LAWS(MAD)-2008-9-249
**Judgment:** 2008-09-06 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-12-01 (2002)
**Place:** Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu; city town: Paramakudi; police station or unit: Paramakudi Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 482; IPC 306; IPC 454; IPC 380; CrPC 174; Constitution Art 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Paramakudi Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Paramakudi Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Paramakudi woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Paramakudi woman, a domestic worker taken into Paramakudi police custody for interrogation in a theft case (Cr. No. 455/2002), was found hanging at the wireless tower behind the station on 1 December 2002; the post-mortem showed ante-mortem injuries and the DSPs own counter regarded it as a custodial death. The RDO enquiry under PSO 151 found fault but led only to a Section 306 IPC private complaint (S.C. No. 105/2007). The court held the sequence and medical evidence revealed tell-tale custodial violence, expressed displeasure at the handling, stayed the sessions trial, directed a DSP-led CB-CID reinvestigation with final report in six months, and ordered Rs.3 lakhs compensation to the husband and daughter within four weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The sequence of events in respect of this case and the perusal of the medical evidence, viz., the Postmortem Certificate reveals the tell-tale of the custodial violence committed on the poor victim.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/11060/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?caseId=218002901300&title=henri-tiphagne-vs-state-of-tamilnadu)
**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:** 11
**display title redacted:** Paramakudi Woman 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['compensation_inr'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2008-09-06', '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': 'LAWS(MAD)-2008-9-249', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/11060/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?caseId=218002901300&title=henri-tiphagne-vs-state-of-tamilnadu', '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 HC (K.N. Basha, J.) disposed Crl.O.P. 3715/2004: prima facie custodial violence disclosed; Rs.3L compensation plus CB-CID reinvestigation ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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