# Mettur Man and Others vs The Secretary and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 April 2013 in H.C.P. No.897 of 2007, the Madras High Court (Coram: K.N. Basha, P. Devadass, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Karumalaikudal Police Station, Mettur, Salem District; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mettur, Salem District, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: TN 27 CW 0007
- Case reference: H.C.P. No.897 of 2007
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K.N. Basha, P. Devadass, JJ.), 22 April 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Karumalaikudal Police Station, Mettur, Salem District; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mettur, Salem District
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 147 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 332 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “As the victim, Mr.a Mettur man, suffered custodial torture at the hands of the police officials while he was in the police custody, it is the bounden duty of the State to compensate him adequately and reasonably.” (at para 21)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
- 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/102387875/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0026)

**Record:** CW-2013-0026 (compiler id CWC-0845); case GAP2-39-008
**Title:** Mettur Man and Others vs The Secretary and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: K.N. Basha; P. Devadass
**Case number / citation:** H.C.P. No.897 of 2007
**Judgment:** 2013-04-22 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-06-11 (2007)
**Place:** Salem, Tamil Nadu; city town: Mettur; police station or unit: Karumalaikudal Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 341; IPC 147; IPC 148; IPC 188; IPC 332; Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Karumalaikudal Police Station, Mettur, Salem District; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mettur, Salem District (2 in record)
**Victims:** Mettur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. Bar leaders filed this habeas corpus petition for Advocate a Mettur man of Mettur, detained after an 11.06.2007 road-roko and brutally beaten in custody with lathis and boots, as recorded in the Legal Services Authority report dated 03.07.2007. The Division Bench rejected the police claim of a mild lathi-charge, holding the materials established custodial torture, and noted the foisted case against him (S.C. No.166/2010) had been quashed on 10.01.2011 as abuse of process. It directed the State to pay Rs.3,00,000 compensation within eight weeks, holding it the State's bounden duty to compensate custodial-torture victims adequately. It also directed the DGP to take appropriate action against the erring officials in a manner known to law. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> As the victim, Mr.a Mettur man, suffered custodial torture at the hands of the police officials while he was in the police custody, it is the bounden duty of the State to compensate him adequately and reasonably.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/102387875/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 21
**display title redacted:** Mettur Man and Others vs The 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2013-04-22', '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 300,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'H.C.P. No.897 of 2007', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/102387875/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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:** Custodial torture of advocate established; Rs.3L compensation plus DGP-directed action against erring officials.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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