# Puliyangudi Man vs The Government of Tamil Nadu and Another

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## Report card

By judgment dated 24 November 2010 in W.P.(MD) No.4516 of 2010 and M.P.(MD) No.2 of 2010, the Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.) returned findings adverse to the Grade I Police Constable, Sankarankoil Police Station (on duty at Puliyangudi Police Station lock-up), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: TN 76 CW 0003
- Case reference: W.P.(MD) No.4516 of 2010 and M.P.(MD) No.2 of 2010
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.), 24 November 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Grade I Police Constable, Sankarankoil Police Station (on duty at Puliyangudi Police Station lock-up)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the present case, the division bench of this court had found that all policemen including the petitioner were guilty and liability was fixed on the State to pay the sum of Rs.2 lakhs. Hence the State is bound to …” (at para 8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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/1006682/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0039)

**Record:** CW-2010-0039 (compiler id CWC-1277); case GAP3-85-006
**Title:** Puliyangudi Man vs The Government of Tamil Nadu and Another
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: K. Chandru
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(MD) No.4516 of 2010 and M.P.(MD) No.2 of 2010
**Judgment:** 2010-11-24 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1998-09-16 (1998)
**Place:** Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu (district at time: Tirunelveli); city town: Puliyangudi; police station or unit: Puliyangudi Police Station lock-up (Cr.No.277 of 1998); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Grade I Police Constable, Sankarankoil Police Station (on duty at Puliyangudi Police Station lock-up) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Puliyangudi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. Accused a Puliyangudi man (Puliyangudi PS Cr.No.277 of 1998) hanged himself in the Puliyangudi lock-up on 16.09.1998 using his lungi as a noose. Grade I Constable faced departmental charges of letting the detainee keep the lungi, failing lock-up watch, fleeing after seeing him struggle, keeping no detention record and creating a false document, all held proved in PR No.125 of 2000. A Division Bench had ordered Rs.2 lakh compensation to widow \[name withheld\] (W.P. No.11569 of 1999, 2009 (3) MLJ 702), and the State fixed recovery shares on four policemen including Rs.33,684 on the petitioner. The Court held the petitioner had already suffered a penalty on the same score, the State was right in ordering recovery, and dismissed the writ. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the present case, the division bench of this court had found that all policemen including the petitioner were guilty and liability was fixed on the State to pay the sum of Rs.2 lakhs. Hence the State is bound to give effect to the order of this court.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1006682/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** Puliyangudi Man vs The Government of Tamil Nadu 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2010-11-24', '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 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P.(MD) No.4516 of 2010 and M.P.(MD) No.2 of 2010', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1006682/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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 upheld recovery of lock-up-death compensation share from negligent constable (charges proved).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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