# Kozhikode Man vs State of Kerala

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## Report card

By judgment dated 31 August 2010 in A.S. No. 79 of 1997, the Kerala High Court (Coram: Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, P. Bhavadasan, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 80,000.

- Register number: KL 11 CW 0001
- Case reference: A.S. No. 79 of 1997 / 2010 (4) KLT 261
- Court and date: Kerala High Court (Coram: Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, P. Bhavadasan, JJ.), 31 August 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Chevayur Police Station, Kozhikode)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We, on the totality of the materials on record, hold that on a preponderance of probability, the plaintiff has established that the injuries sustained by him were attributable to the actions of police Officials.” (at para 15 (quote closes para 15, which begins '15. The version of PW2...'))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 80,000.
- 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/209224/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0018)

**Record:** CW-2010-0018 (compiler id CWC-0695); case GAP11-006
**Title:** Kozhikode Man vs State of Kerala
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan; P. Bhavadasan
**Case number / citation:** A.S. No. 79 of 1997 / 2010 (4) KLT 261
**Judgment:** 2010-08-31 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1985-01-09 (1985)
**Place:** Kozhikode, Kerala; city town: Kozhikode; police station or unit: Chevayur Police Station, Kozhikode; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (0 in record)
**Victims:** Kozhikode man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 80,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. On 9 January 1985, the plaintiff, then a 10th-standard student, suffered serious head injuries inside his school campus at Vellimadukunnu, was hospitalised for nearly a month, and underwent emergency burr-hole surgery for extradural haemorrhage. He alleged police entered the campus and lathi-charged students, supported by a fellow student and hospital records, while the State claimed he fell while fleeing but led no evidence. The Division Bench reversed the trial court's dismissal, held on preponderance of probability that the injuries were attributable to police action, rejected the Police Act limitation bar since the assault was no part of official duty, and decreed Rs.80,000 with 6% interest with costs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We, on the totality of the materials on record, hold that on a preponderance of probability, the plaintiff has established that the injuries sustained by him were attributable to the actions of police Officials.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/209224/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**allegations:** {'category': 'Protest policing', '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:** 15 (quote closes para 15, which begins '15. The version of PW2...')
**display title redacted:** Kozhikode Man vs State of Kerala
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2010-08-31', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Kerala High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Kerala High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 80,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2010 (4) KLT 261', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/209224/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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:** DB judgment verified; Rs 80,000 decreed for police lathi assault on schoolboy.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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