# Keeriparai Woman vs State Represented By Its Secretary and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 July 2011 in W.P.(MD) No.8138 of 2008 & M.P.(MD) No.1 of 2008, the Madras High Court (Coram: D. Hariparanthaman, J.) returned findings adverse to 13 police personnel, namely: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nagercoil Town, Kanyakumari District; Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Crime Branch, Nagercoil; Inspector of Police, Vadaseri Police Station, Nagercoil; Inspector of Police, Kadayanallur Police Station, Tirunelveli District; Head Constable No.1691, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable No.1568, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Inspector of Police, Aralvaimozhi Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Rajakamangalam Police Station; Inspector of Police, Pudur Police Station; Sub-Inspector (retired), Economic Offences, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 7.9 lakh (Rs 7,86,000).

- Register number: TN 74 CW 0004
- Case reference: W.P.(MD) No.8138 of 2008 & M.P.(MD) No.1 of 2008
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: D. Hariparanthaman, J.), 1 July 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nagercoil Town, Kanyakumari District; Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Crime Branch, Nagercoil; Inspector of Police, Vadaseri Police Station, Nagercoil; Inspector of Police, Kadayanallur Police Station, Tirunelveli District; Head Constable No.1691, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable No.1568, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Inspector of Police, Aralvaimozhi Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Rajakamangalam Police Station; Inspector of Police, Pudur Police Station; Sub-Inspector (retired), Economic Offences
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 344 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 193 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506(ii) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In these circumstances, I have no hesitation to hold that human rights and fundamental rights of the husband of the petitioner was grossly violated.” (at para 16)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 7.9 lakh (Rs 7,86,000).
- 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/1236320/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0031)

**Record:** CW-2011-0031 (compiler id CWC-1272); case GAP3-85-001
**Title:** Keeriparai Woman vs State Represented By Its Secretary and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: D. Hariparanthaman
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(MD) No.8138 of 2008 & M.P.(MD) No.1 of 2008
**Judgment:** 2011-07-01 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-11-30 (2005)
**Place:** Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu; city town: Keeriparai; police station or unit: Keeriparai Police Station (custody chain: Kadayanallur PS, Tirunelveli to Aralvaimozhi PS, Kanyakumari); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 342; IPC 344; IPC 193; IPC 218; IPC 506(ii); IPC 201 r/w 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nagercoil Town, Kanyakumari District; Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Crime Branch, Nagercoil; Inspector of Police, Vadaseri Police Station, Nagercoil; Inspector of Police, Kadayanallur Police Station, Tirunelveli District; Head Constable No.1691, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable No.1568, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable, Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Inspector of Police, Aralvaimozhi Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Rajakamangalam Police Station; Inspector of Police, Pudur Police Station; Sub-Inspector (retired), Economic Offences (13 in record)
**Victims:** Keeriparai man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 7.9 lakh (Rs 7,86,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Keeriparai man was picked up from his home by Kadayanallur police on 28.11.2005 and handed to Aralvaimozhi police the same day for enquiry in a dacoity case. The Court found he was kept in illegal custody at Keeriparai Police Station till 30.11.2005, tortured to death by third-degree methods, and his body disposed of to escape a murder charge, as established by the CBCID report, the RDO enquiry and G.O.Ms.No.1322. Relying on the State's own counter and the CBCID findings, the Court held his arrest and illegal custody proved and his human and fundamental rights grossly violated. It directed the State to pay Rs.7,86,000 compensation with 6% interest from 23.11.2009 within eight weeks, leaving the pending criminal trial (PRC No.58 of 2009) and civil remedies open.

> In these circumstances, I have no hesitation to hold that human rights and fundamental rights of the husband of the petitioner was grossly violated.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1236320/)
**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:** 16
**display title redacted:** Keeriparai Woman vs State Represented By Its Secretary and Others
**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': '2011-07-01', '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 786,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P.(MD) No.8138 of 2008 & M.P.(MD) No.1 of 2008', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1236320/', '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 held custodial torture/death proved on CBCID record and ordered Rs.7.86 lakh compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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