# Nagoor Man vs The State of Tamil Nadu and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 July 2015 in W.P.No.18154 of 2014, the Madras High Court (Coram: Sanjay Kishan Kaul, T.S. Sivagnanam, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Nagoor Police Station; Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Nagoor Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: TN 51 CW 0003
- Case reference: W.P.No.18154 of 2014
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: Sanjay Kishan Kaul, T.S. Sivagnanam, JJ.), 28 July 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Nagoor Police Station; Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Nagoor Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In so far as the fate of Tr.\[name withheld\] is concerned, who was the then Inspector of Police, Nagoor Police Station, who has exceeded his powers and has used unwarranted force” (at para 5)
- 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/139431393/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0015)

**Record:** CW-2015-0015 (compiler id CWC-0732); case GAP5-003
**Title:** Nagoor Man vs The State of Tamil Nadu and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: Sanjay Kishan Kaul; T.S. Sivagnanam
**Case number / citation:** W.P.No.18154 of 2014
**Judgment:** 2015-07-28 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2013-12-31 (2013)
**Place:** Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu; city town: Nagoor; police station or unit: Nagoor Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Nagoor Police Station; Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Nagoor Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Nagoor man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The hospital affidavit records that a Nagoor man, brought by escort police for a preliminary check-up before lodgment in prison on the night of 31.12.2013, was conscious, stuttering and inebriated, then collapsed and died at 1.15 a.m.; the post-mortem recorded three external injuries and opined shock as the cause of death (paras 1-2). The petitioner, co-convenor of the Campaign for Custodial Justice and Abolition of Torture, sought an enquiry by a retired District Judge into the custodial torture and death. The Division Bench noted the Government Order dated 25.07.2015 sanctioning Rs.5,00,000 relief to the family and directed structured disbursal (Rs.2 lakh wife deposit, Rs.1 lakh per child deposit, Rs.1 lakh immediate release) (paras 3-4). It recorded that Inspector of Nagoor Police Station had exceeded his powers and used unwarranted force, noting the magisterial enquiry findings, his suspension, and the decision to initiate criminal and departmental proceedings (para 5). The writ petition was disposed of and listed for compliance on 09.10.2015 (paras 6-7). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In so far as the fate of Tr.\[name withheld\] is concerned, who was the then Inspector of Police, Nagoor Police Station, who has exceeded his powers and has used unwarranted force

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/139431393/)
**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:** 5
**display title redacted:** Nagoor 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': \['court_quote_para', 'officers', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2015-07-28', '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.18154 of 2014', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/139431393/', '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 recorded unwarranted force by Nagoor Inspector; Rs.5L State relief structured by court; criminal and dept proceedings initiated.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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