The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Tiruchirappalli man, a retired Fire Officer, was picked up on 4 January 2008 and illegally detained at Edamalaipattiputhur police station, where he was beaten with lathis with his hands tied by a group led by DSP (Vigilance) [name withheld]. An FIR was registered only on 6 January 2008 before remand; the jail doctor recorded contusions on both hands at admission. He was hospitalised on 12 January 2008 and died on 22 January 2008. The court held the illegal arrest without D.K. Basu compliance and the lock-up torture proved by the jail admission record, accident register and hospital history sheet, and directed the State to pay Rs.5 lakhs within eight weeks, declining recovery from officers since the Government had dropped further action on the RDO report. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 23 April 2010 in W.P. No. 17837 of 2008, the Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Deputy Superintendent of Police (Vigilance), Vigilance; Inspector of Police, Edamalaipattiputhur Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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“This Court is of the view that the petitioner has made out a strong case regarding the illegal arrest of her husband and the subsequent torture in the police lock-up before the admission to Central Prison. Moreover, the petitioner's husband …” (para 16)
The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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