CW-2015-0038Kanyakumari, Tamil NaduJudgment 10 December 2015

Keeriparai Man vs State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court (Madurai) dismissed the writ appeal of [name withheld] [name withheld] against the single judge's order dated 01.07.2011 awarding Rs.7,86,000 compensation to Hasanammal for the custodial death of her husband [name withheld]. The single-judge order (W.P.(MD)No.8138 of 2008) records that Kadayanallur police took a Keeriparai man from his residence on 28.11.2005, handed him to Aralvoimozhi police, and kept him in illegal custody at Keeriparai police station from 28.11.2005 to 30.11.2005, where he was tortured by third-degree methods causing death on 30.11.2005 at 11 p.m., with the body disposed of - findings supported by the RDO enquiry, the Collector, G.O.Ms.No.1322 dated 27.11.2008 and the CBCID investigation. The police had originally claimed he was released and his whereabouts were unknown (appeal para 3). The Division Bench noted the State had paid the compensation without appeal (para 6) and that a CBCID charge sheet under Section 302 IPC was pending trial before the Sessions Court (para 4). It held the compensation findings could not clinch any officer's culpability and the trial would proceed on its own evidence (para 8), and dismissed the appeal (spellings: '[name withheld]' per the appeal cause title; '[name withheld]' in the single-judge cause title).

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By judgment dated 10 December 2015 in Writ Appeal (MD) No.1311 of 2011, the Madras High Court (Coram: V. Ramasubramanian, N. Kirubakaran, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 9 police personnel, namely: Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Crime Branch, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nagercoil Town, Kanyakumari District; Inspector of Police, Vadaseri Police Station, Nagercoil; Inspector of Police, Kadayanallur Police Station, Tirunelveli District; Head Constable (No.1691), Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable (No.1726), Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable (No.1726), Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable (No.1568), Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable (No.542), Aralvoimozhi Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 7.9 lakh (Rs 7,86,000).

Register number
TN 74 CW 0005
Case reference
Writ Appeal (MD) No.1311 of 2011
Court and date
Madras High Court (Coram: V. Ramasubramanian, N. Kirubakaran, JJ.), 10 December 2015
Officer(s) at the material time
Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Crime Branch, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nagercoil Town, Kanyakumari District; Inspector of Police, Vadaseri Police Station, Nagercoil; Inspector of Police, Kadayanallur Police Station, Tirunelveli District; Head Constable (No.1691), Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable (No.1726), Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable (No.1726), Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable (No.1568), Aralvoimozhi Police Station; Head Constable (No.542), Aralvoimozhi Police Station
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Finding of the Court (extract)
“By a detailed order passed on 01.07.2011, after taking into consideration the entire materials on record and the case laws on the point, the learned Judge directed the State to pay compensation for the death of the 5th respondent's husband …” (at para 5)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 7.9 lakh (Rs 7,86,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Madras High Court judgment dated 10 December 2015 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“By a detailed order passed on 01.07.2011, after taking into consideration the entire materials on record and the case laws on the point, the learned Judge directed the State to pay compensation for the death of the 5th respondent's husband …” (para 5)

Institutional response

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10 Dec 2015

Order issued

Concluded
Madras High Court External · Binding

The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 786,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: Writ Appeal (MD) No.1311 of 2011
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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