# Korattur Man vs State of Tamil Nadu and Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 October 2008 in W.P. No. 11388 of 1999, the Madras High Court (Coram: K.K. Sasidharan, J.) returned findings adverse to 6 police personnel, namely: Inspector, Korattur Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Korattur Police Station; Head Constable, Korattur Police Station; Police Constable, Korattur Police Station; Police Constable, Korattur Police Station; Police Constable, Korattur Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3.3 lakh (Rs 3,32,000).

- Register number: TN 01 CW 0006
- Case reference: W.P. No. 11388 of 1999 / (2009) 1 MLJ 1090; 2009 Cri LJ 866
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K.K. Sasidharan, J.), 20 October 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector, Korattur Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Korattur Police Station; Head Constable, Korattur Police Station; Police Constable, Korattur Police Station; Police Constable, Korattur Police Station; Police Constable, Korattur Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 107 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 109 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 380 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The report of the Home Department prepared on the basis of the Magisterial enquiry report as well as the report submitted by the District Collector clearly shows that death could have been avoided had the police officers shown little care …” (at para 9)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3.3 lakh (Rs 3,32,000).
- 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/66634/b-ammu-appellant-hash-state-of-tamil-nadu-and-another-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0028)

**Record:** CW-2008-0028 (compiler id CWC-0831); case GAP2-38-001
**Title:** Korattur Man vs State of Tamil Nadu and Anr.
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: K.K. Sasidharan
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 11388 of 1999 / (2009) 1 MLJ 1090; 2009 Cri LJ 866
**Judgment:** 2008-10-20 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1998-11-14 (1998)
**Place:** Chennai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Korattur; police station or unit: Korattur Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 107; IPC 109; IPC 306; IPC 309; IPC 380; Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector, Korattur Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Korattur Police Station; Head Constable, Korattur Police Station; Police Constable, Korattur Police Station; Police Constable, Korattur Police Station; Police Constable, Korattur Police Station (6 in record)
**Victims:** Korattur man, age 26 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3.3 lakh (Rs 3,32,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Madras High Court (K.K. Sasidharan, J.) allowed the writ petition of B. Ammu, widow of 26-year-old construction worker a Korattur man, who hanged himself with his lungi in the Korattur police station lavatory while in custody on 14 November 1998 in a theft case. Relying on the RDO magisterial enquiry and Collector and Home Department reports, the court held the station officers responsible for serious lapses, including allowing the lungi against Police Standing Order 661, a blank general diary and a missing arrest memo. Holding the police responsible for the death though it was suicide, the court awarded Rs.3,32,000 with 6% interest (Rs.4,32,000 on MV Act multiplier less Rs.1,00,000 ex gratia already paid). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The report of the Home Department prepared on the basis of the Magisterial enquiry report as well as the report submitted by the District Collector clearly shows that death could have been avoided had the police officers shown little care and seriousness. Therefore, there is no further proof necessary to come to the conclusion, that the police were responsible for the death though it was an act of suicide.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/66634/b-ammu-appellant-hash-state-of-tamil-nadu-and-another-respondent/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?caseId=218002955300&title=b-ammu-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu)
**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:** 9
**display title redacted:** Korattur Man vs State of Tamil Nadu and Anr.
**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': '2008-10-20', '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 332,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2009) 1 MLJ 1090; 2009 Cri LJ 866', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/66634/b-ammu-appellant-hash-state-of-tamil-nadu-and-another-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?caseId=218002955300&title=b-ammu-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu', '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:** Writ allowed; police negligence caused lock-up suicide; Rs.3.32 lakh with 6% interest.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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