# Udagamandalam Man and Others vs The State and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 30 September 2011 in W.P. No.26544 of 2009, the Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.) returned findings adverse to 6 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector of Police, Town West Police Station, Ooty; Constable, Ooty police, Nilgiris District; Constable, Ooty police, Nilgiris District; Police personnel, Ooty police, Nilgiris District; Prison Warden, Ooty Sub-Jail; Prison Warden, Ooty Sub-Jail, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: TN 43 CW 0002
- Case reference: W.P. No.26544 of 2009
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.), 30 September 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, Town West Police Station, Ooty; Constable, Ooty police, Nilgiris District; Constable, Ooty police, Nilgiris District; Police personnel, Ooty police, Nilgiris District; Prison Warden, Ooty Sub-Jail; Prison Warden, Ooty Sub-Jail
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “As long as the petitioner's husband was an under trial, his life cannot be taken away by such callous indifference of officials of police department as well as officials of Sub Jail, Ooty.” (at para 12)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/110058172/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0042)

**Record:** CW-2011-0042 (compiler id CWC-1273); case GAP3-85-002
**Title:** Udagamandalam Man and Others vs The State and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: K. Chandru
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No.26544 of 2009
**Judgment:** 2011-09-30 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-08-15 (2002)
**Place:** The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu; city town: Udagamandalam (Ooty); police station or unit: Town West Police Station, Ooty; Ooty Sub-Jail; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, Town West Police Station, Ooty; Constable, Ooty police, Nilgiris District; Constable, Ooty police, Nilgiris District; Police personnel, Ooty police, Nilgiris District; Prison Warden, Ooty Sub-Jail; Prison Warden, Ooty Sub-Jail (6 in record)
**Victims:** Udagamandalam man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. Undertrial Ramasamy @ a Udagamandalam man, lodged in Ooty Sub-Jail in Cr.No.204 of 2002, fell sick on the morning of 15.8.2002 and died about 10.45 a.m. after being left without timely medical treatment. The Court relied on the RDO Coonoor enquiry, which found injuries inflicted in the presence of police personnel, falsified jail-admission records, and a two-hour denial of treatment for chest pain. It held the subordinate police and jail officials solely responsible for the loss of life through callous indifference and the State vicariously liable. Enhancing compensation to Rs.5 lakh total, it directed the Rs.4 lakh balance paid within 12 weeks, recoverable from the delinquent policemen and wardens. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> As long as the petitioner's husband was an under trial, his life cannot be taken away by such callous indifference of officials of police department as well as officials of Sub Jail, Ooty.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/110058172/)
**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:** 12
**display title redacted:** Udagamandalam Man and Others vs The State 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': \['sections'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2011-09-30', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P. No.26544 of 2009', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/110058172/', '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 police/jail officials solely responsible for undertrial custodial death; Rs.5 lakh total compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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