# Madurai Man vs State of Tamil Nadu and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 April 2014 in W.P. No. 33001 of 2002, the Madras High Court (Coram: K.B.K. Vasuki, J., J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Pudur Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Pudur Police Station; Head Constable, Pudur Police Station; Police Constable Grade I, Pudur Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: TN 57 CW 0008
- Case reference: W.P. No. 33001 of 2002
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K.B.K. Vasuki, J., J.), 15 April 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Pudur Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Pudur Police Station; Head Constable, Pudur Police Station; Police Constable Grade I, Pudur Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “this court is of the view that this is a fit case, wherein, the petitioners are entitled to get compensation for the death of their bread winner a Madurai man, due to police excess.” (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/145507177/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0003)

**Record:** CW-2014-0003 (compiler id CWC-0369); case TAMILN-005
**Title:** Madurai Man vs State of Tamil Nadu and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: K.B.K. Vasuki, J.
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 33001 of 2002
**Judgment:** 2014-04-15 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-09-19 (2000)
**Place:** Madurai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Madurai; police station or unit: Pudur Police Station (H2 Surya Nagar Police Station); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Article 21; Constitution of India Article 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Pudur Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Pudur Police Station; Head Constable, Pudur Police Station; Police Constable Grade I, Pudur Police Station (4 in record)
**Victims:** Madurai man, age 42 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Madras High Court awarded Rs 5,00,000 total compensation to the family of 42-year-old tailor a Madurai man, who was beaten in the course of enquiry at Pudur Police Station, Madurai, on 19.9.2000, handed over unconscious to his family, and died in hospital at 11 pm on 20.9.2000 (paras 2, 8). Justice K.B.K. Vasuki recorded that the post-mortem certificate showed 20 antemortem injuries plus chest contusion, temporal contusion and subdural hemorrhage (para 7), and held police personnel 'solely responsible for causing injuries, which are the major cause for the death' (para 10). The respondents contended death was due to ethyl alcohol poisoning and injuries sustained outside the station at Pudur bus stand (para 4). Citing Supreme Court precedents on State liability for Article 21 violations, the Court directed the State to deposit the remaining Rs 4,00,000 (after adjusting Rs 1,00,000 interim relief) for investment in bank deposits for the widow and two children (paras 12-13).

> this court is of the view that this is a fit case, wherein, the petitioners are entitled to get compensation for the death of their bread winner a Madurai man, due to police excess.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/145507177/)
**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:** Madurai Man vs 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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2014-04-15', '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. 33001 of 2002', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/145507177/', '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:** High Court awarded Rs 5 lakh compensation for custodial death of tailor a Madurai man following severe beating at Pudur PS.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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