# Palayamkottai Man and Others vs State of Tamil Nadu and Another

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## Report card

By judgment dated 27 September 2011 in W.P. Nos.4657, 9674, 9675 and 11119 of 2009, the Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Head Constable, Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City; Grade I Police Constable, Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City; Head Constable, Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City; Head Constable, Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: TN 69 CW 0002
- Case reference: W.P. Nos.4657, 9674, 9675 and 11119 of 2009
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.), 27 September 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City; Grade I Police Constable, Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City; Head Constable, Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City; Head Constable, Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 18 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Excepting the case of the petitioner in W.P.No.4657 of 2009, in all other cases, in respect of the misconduct, an enquiry has been held and minor penalty has been imposed. Therefore, for any loss caused to the State, the policemen …” (at para 7)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- 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/169413308/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0039)

**Record:** CW-2011-0039 (compiler id CWC-1275); case GAP3-85-004
**Title:** Palayamkottai Man and Others vs State of Tamil Nadu and Another
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: K. Chandru
**Case number / citation:** W.P. Nos.4657, 9674, 9675 and 11119 of 2009
**Judgment:** 2011-09-27 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-01-01 (2002)
**Place:** Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu; city town: Palayamkottai; police station or unit: Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226; Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 s.18
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City; Grade I Police Constable, Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City; Head Constable, Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City; Head Constable, Palayamkottai Crime Police Station, Tirunelveli City (4 in record)
**Victims:** Palayamkottai man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Palayamkottai man of Eral complained to the NHRC that Palayamkottai Crime Station personnel foisted a false idol-theft case on him and pressured him to part with Rs.40,000. The NHRC found a prima facie human-rights violation and directed Rs.50,000 interim relief, which the State paid and ordered recovered equally from the seven policemen. Departmental charges were held proved against the personnel, who suffered postponement of increment for one year. The Court held policemen bound to honour NHRC interim compensation orders and dismissed all four writ petitions, sustaining the recovery of Rs.7,143 each. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Excepting the case of the petitioner in W.P.No.4657 of 2009, in all other cases, in respect of the misconduct, an enquiry has been held and minor penalty has been imposed. Therefore, for any loss caused to the State, the policemen who were responsible for the loss are also bound to re-compensate the State for the same.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/169413308/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Palayamkottai Man and Others vs State 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': '2011-09-27', '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 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P. Nos.4657, 9674, 9675 and 11119 of 2009', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/169413308/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**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 sustained recovery from policemen of NHRC interim relief in false-case/extortion violation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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