# Ayilpatty Man vs Deputy Inspector General of Police, Vellore Range and Another

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 October 2009 in W.P. No.36278 of 2006, the Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police Constable Grade I, Ayilpatty Police Station, Salem District.

- Register number: TN 27 CW 0003
- Case reference: W.P. No.36278 of 2006
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.), 7 October 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable Grade I, Ayilpatty Police Station, Salem District
- 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): “This Court is fully satisfied that the evidence recorded by the authorities are sufficient to hold the petitioner guilty.” (at para 12)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld.
- 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/1449034/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2009-0030)

**Record:** CW-2009-0030 (compiler id CWC-1285); case GAP3-85-014
**Title:** Ayilpatty Man vs Deputy Inspector General of Police, Vellore Range and Another
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: K. Chandru
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No.36278 of 2006
**Judgment:** 2009-10-07 (2009, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1994-11-15 (1994)
**Place:** Salem, Tamil Nadu; city town: Ayilpatty; police station or unit: Ayilpatty Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art.21; Constitution Art.226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable Grade I, Ayilpatty Police Station, Salem District (1 in record)
**Victims:** Ayilpatty man; Ayilpatty man; Ayilpatty man (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. Grade-I Constable challenged the penalty of reduction in pay by two stages for two years with cumulative effect for stripping three schoolboys naked and beating them with a stick at Ayilpatty police station in November 1994. The court examined the PSO 145 enquiry, medical evidence, and hospital records showing the boys' admission as inpatients, and found the evidence sufficient to hold him guilty despite later retractions. The court held that custodial torture strikes at Article 21 and that the penalty was commensurate with the misconduct. The writ petition was dismissed with no costs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This Court is fully satisfied that the evidence recorded by the authorities are sufficient to hold the petitioner guilty.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1449034/)
**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:** 12
**display title redacted:** Ayilpatty Man vs Deputy Inspector General of Police, Vellore Range and Another
**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': '2009-10-07', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madras High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madras High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'W.P. No.36278 of 2006', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1449034/', '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 dismissed constable's writ; upheld pay-reduction penalty for stripping and beating three schoolboys.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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