# Tiruvallur Man vs The State of Tamil Nadu and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 September 2013 in W.P. No.16352 of 2012, the Madras High Court (Coram: N. Paul Vasanthakumar, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Ponneri Police Station, Thiruvallur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Minjur Police Station, Thiruvallur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Sholavaram Police Station, Thiruvallur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Sholavaram Police Station, Thiruvallur District, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: TN 12 CW 0003
- Case reference: W.P. No.16352 of 2012
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: N. Paul Vasanthakumar, J.), 20 September 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Ponneri Police Station, Thiruvallur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Minjur Police Station, Thiruvallur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Sholavaram Police Station, Thiruvallur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Sholavaram Police Station, Thiruvallur District
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Considering the overall aspects in this case, I am of the view that the son of the petitioner viz., a Tiruvallur man, who was assaulted and ill-treated in police custody, due to which he sustained injuries, for which he took …” (at para 23)
- 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/23631535/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0034)

**Record:** CW-2013-0034 (compiler id CWC-0846); case GAP2-39-009
**Title:** Tiruvallur Man vs The State of Tamil Nadu and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: N. Paul Vasanthakumar
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No.16352 of 2012
**Judgment:** 2013-09-20 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2012-06-16 (2012)
**Place:** Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu (district at time: Thiruvallur); police station or unit: Sholavaram Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Ponneri Police Station, Thiruvallur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Minjur Police Station, Thiruvallur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Sholavaram Police Station, Thiruvallur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Sholavaram Police Station, Thiruvallur District (4 in record)
**Victims:** Tiruvallur 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. G. Barathi petitioned for her son \[name withheld\], seized from home at 2.30 a.m. on 16.06.2012 by Sholavaram/Minjur police, beaten with lathis and boots, and held in illegal custody with a false case fabricated against him. On the court's direction the Principal District Judge, Thiruvallur held a judicial enquiry (statements 28.01.2013, station inspection 19.02.2013, report 22.04.2013), and the Duty Assistant Surgeon's report showed treatment in custody from 06-22.07.2012. The court held assault and ill-treatment in police custody established and awarded Rs.50,000 compensation payable by the State within four weeks. It further directed a departmental enquiry to fix liability on those in charge at arrest and interrogation, with proportional recovery from the erring officials. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Considering the overall aspects in this case, I am of the view that the son of the petitioner viz., a Tiruvallur man, who was assaulted and ill-treated in police custody, due to which he sustained injuries, for which he took treatment in custody from 6.7.2012 to 22.7.2012 as per the report of the Duty Assistant Surgeon, annexed along with the report of the Principal District Judge, is entitled to get compensation of Rs.50,000/- from the State Government, viz., first respondent.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/23631535/)
**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:** 23
**display title redacted:** Tiruvallur Man vs The State of Tamil Nadu 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': '2013-09-20', '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. No.16352 of 2012', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/23631535/', '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 assault established via judicial enquiry; Rs.50,000 compensation plus departmental enquiry with recovery.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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