# Kandhili Man vs The State

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 December 2014 in Crl.O.P. Nos.26847 and 26948 of 2014, the Madras High Court (Coram: S. Nagamuthu, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Kandhili Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Kandhili Police Station; Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Kandhili Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: TN 83 CW 0003
- Case reference: Crl.O.P. Nos.26847 and 26948 of 2014
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: S. Nagamuthu, J.), 23 December 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Kandhili Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Kandhili Police Station; Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Kandhili Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 8(c) read with Section 20(b)(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Having regard to the said settled position of law, I am of the view, in the instant case, since the State is not in issue that there was violation of fundamental rights of the petitioner by implicating him in a …” (at para 28)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- 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/11341760/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0041)

**Record:** CW-2014-0041 (compiler id CWC-0847); case GAP2-39-010
**Title:** Kandhili Man vs The State
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: S. Nagamuthu
**Case number / citation:** Crl.O.P. Nos.26847 and 26948 of 2014
**Judgment:** 2014-12-23 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2014-09-05 (2014)
**Place:** Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu (district at time: Vellore); city town: Kandhili; police station or unit: Kandhili Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** NDPS Act 1985 s.8(c) r/w s.20(b)(c)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Kandhili Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Kandhili Police Station; Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Kandhili Police Station (3 in record)
**Victims:** Kandhili man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. Justice S. Nagamuthu held that Kandhili police kept engineering professor a Kandhili man in illegal custody between 7 and 11 September 2014 (SP report finding, para 16; the petitioner had alleged custody from 5 September, para 9) and then falsely implicated him in a ganja case (Crime No.240 of 2014), in which he spent about 15 days in prison (para 16). The court accepted the fresh-investigation report of the Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore-Rural, which found the case not true (para 15), the Government agreeing with the report (para 18), and quashed the FIR (paras 29-30). As a warning against registration of false cases, the court awarded Rs.1,00,000 token compensation payable by the State within three months, and directed the DGP to forward the order to all district SPs (para 30). It left further action against Inspector to the Government and declined to order registration of a criminal case against the officers (para 20). The FIR account (secret information, 1.5 kg ganja seizure, arrest at noon on 11.09.2014) is set out at para 6; the Advocate General pleaded the young Inspector may be pardoned (para 18). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Having regard to the said settled position of law, I am of the view, in the instant case, since the State is not in issue that there was violation of fundamental rights of the petitioner by implicating him in a false case and by detaining him illegally, though the petitioner has got a private law remedy to claim compensation, that will not deter this court to order for payment of compensation.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/11341760/)
**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:** 28
**display title redacted:** Kandhili Man vs The State
**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': '2014-12-23', '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 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Crl.O.P. Nos.26847 and 26948 of 2014', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/11341760/', '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 quashed false NDPS FIR, held illegal detention plus false implication proved, awarded Rs.1L compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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