# Madurai Man v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 August 2010 in W.P.(MD) No. 5272 of 2006, the Madras High Court (Coram: S. Manikumar, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police Constable, Keeraithurai PS, Madurai; Police Constable, Keeraithurai PS, Madurai, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: TN 57 CW 0005
- Case reference: W.P.(MD) No. 5272 of 2006
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: S. Manikumar, J.), 6 August 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Keeraithurai PS, Madurai; Police Constable, Keeraithurai PS, Madurai
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The said amount is further directed to be recovered from the salary of the police personnel, who were prima facie found by the government to be responsible for the death.” (at para 45)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/1109401/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0008)

**Record:** CW-2010-0008 (compiler id CWC-0465); case SWCUSTOD-041
**Title:** Madurai Man v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: S. Manikumar
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(MD) No. 5272 of 2006
**Judgment:** 2010-08-06 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2004-12-04 (2004)
**Place:** Madurai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Madurai; police station or unit: Keeraithurai PS; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Keeraithurai PS, Madurai; Police Constable, Keeraithurai PS, Madurai (2 in record)
**Victims:** Madurai man, age 26 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) allowed Sangaiyya's writ for his 26-year-old son's custodial death at Keeraithurai police station in December 2004 after being picked up for drinking near a liquor shop. The Court awarded Rs 5 lakh to the legal heirs, structured as Rs 1 lakh each to the father and widow and Rs 3 lakh in fixed deposit for the minor children. It noted the Government had already ordered prosecution and departmental action against the responsible personnel. Recovery of the compensation from their salaries was directed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The said amount is further directed to be recovered from the salary of the police personnel, who were prima facie found by the government to be responsible for the death.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1109401/)
**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:** 45
**display title redacted:** Madurai Man v. State of Tamil Nadu & 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': '2010-08-06', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P.(MD) No. 5272 of 2006', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1109401/', '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:** HC awarded Rs 5L with recovery from salaries of responsible personnel.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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