# Adirampattinam Man v. Government of Tamil Nadu and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 June 2009 in W.A. Nos. 3120 and 3961 of 2003, the Madras High Court (Coram: P.K. Misra, R. Subbiah, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Athirampatnam PS, Thanjavur; Sub-Inspector, Athirampatnam PS, Thanjavur, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: TN 49 CW 0003
- Case reference: W.A. Nos. 3120 and 3961 of 2003
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: P.K. Misra, R. Subbiah, JJ.), 23 June 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Athirampatnam PS, Thanjavur; Sub-Inspector, Athirampatnam PS, Thanjavur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is not disputed by the respondents in the appeal that the deceased appellant was in illegal custody from 27.11.1994 to 03.12.1994 i.e. more than a week and he was harassed by the 6th respondent.” (at para 8)
- 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/475804/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2009-0013)

**Record:** CW-2009-0013 (compiler id CWC-0730); case SWILLEGA-087
**Title:** Adirampattinam Man v. Government of Tamil Nadu and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: P.K. Misra; R. Subbiah
**Case number / citation:** W.A. Nos. 3120 and 3961 of 2003
**Judgment:** 2009-06-23 (2009, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1994-11-27 (1994)
**Place:** Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu; city town: Adirampattinam; police station or unit: Athirampatnam Police Station, Thanjavur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Athirampatnam PS, Thanjavur; Sub-Inspector, Athirampatnam PS, Thanjavur (2 in record)
**Victims:** Adirampattinam man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Madras High Court Division Bench (Justices P.K. Misra and R. Subbiah, judgment by R. Subbiah, J.) dismissed both the State's and the heirs' appeals against the 8 August 2003 single-judge award of Rs 3 lakh for an Adirampattinam man's illegal detention. Taken to Athirampatnam police station on 27 November 1994 over a robbery complaint, an Adirampattinam man was kept in unrecorded custody till production before the Magistrate on 3 December 1994 with severe injuries, a detention the State admitted in appeal. Upholding the award with interest lying in deposit (releasable via the Registrar General), the Court held D.K. Basu guidelines were given a go-by and Article 21 violated. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is not disputed by the respondents in the appeal that the deceased appellant was in illegal custody from 27.11.1994 to 03.12.1994 i.e. more than a week and he was harassed by the 6th respondent.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/475804/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', '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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Adirampattinam Man v. Government of Tamil Nadu and Others
**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': '2009-06-23', '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': 'W.A. Nos. 3120 and 3961 of 2003', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/475804/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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 DB judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; admitted 6-day illegal custody, Rs 3L award upheld, both appeals dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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