# Tiruchirappalli Man vs State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 3 March 2017 in W.P.(MD) No.14581 of 2010, the Madras High Court (Coram: M. V. Muralidaran, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Railway Police Station, Tiruchirappalli; Head Police Constable (No.1178), Railway Police Station, Madurai; Police Constable (No.124), Railway Police Station, Tiruchirappalli, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: TN 45 CW 0008
- Case reference: W.P.(MD) No.14581 of 2010
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: M. V. Muralidaran, J.), 3 March 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Railway Police Station, Tiruchirappalli; Head Police Constable (No.1178), Railway Police Station, Madurai; Police Constable (No.124), Railway Police Station, Tiruchirappalli
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 41(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “On perusal of available records and as well as the counter of the 1st respondent undoubtedly it is demonstrated that the petitioner's husband died while under the custody of the 5th respondent and thereupon appropriate criminal and disciplinary actions were …” (at para 10)
- 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/31771513/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0017)

**Record:** CW-2017-0017 (compiler id CWC-1291); case GAP3-87-002
**Title:** Tiruchirappalli Man vs State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: M. V. Muralidaran
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(MD) No.14581 of 2010
**Judgment:** 2017-03-03 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-01-21 (2007)
**Place:** Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu; city town: Tiruchirappalli; police station or unit: Railway Police Station, Tiruchirappalli; force: railway
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 41(2); CrPC 176; Constitution Art.21; Constitution Art.226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Railway Police Station, Tiruchirappalli; Head Police Constable (No.1178), Railway Police Station, Madurai; Police Constable (No.124), Railway Police Station, Tiruchirappalli (3 in record)
**Victims:** Tiruchirappalli man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Madras High Court (Madurai) held that S. Indra's husband \[name withheld\], detained by the Trichy Railway Police in a cell-phone theft case (Crime No.67 of 2007), died while in the custody of the Inspector of Police, Railway Police Station, Tiruchirappalli (R5), while being escorted to Madurai by R7 and R8 (para 10). The respondents' counter stated he had stolen two cell phones of co-passengers and died jumping out of the train between Chettiyapatty and Vaiyampatty stations (paras 4, 7). The court recorded the State's admission that a PSO enquiry had revealed R5 assaulted the deceased and that criminal and disciplinary proceedings had been launched (G.O.Ms.No.298 dated 03.04.2009), with Rs.5,00,000 paid on the NHRC's recommendation (paras 8, 10). It held the State vicariously liable (para 11), found Rs.5,00,000 inadequate (para 13), declined a CBCID investigation, and directed the Home Secretary to consider enhancement after a detailed enquiry by an officer of Superintendent of Police rank (paras 14-15). The writ petition was disposed of with those directions. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> On perusal of available records and as well as the counter of the 1st respondent undoubtedly it is demonstrated that the petitioner's husband died while under the custody of the 5th respondent and thereupon appropriate criminal and disciplinary actions were also initiated against the errant police personnel.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/31771513/)
**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:** 10
**display title redacted:** Tiruchirappalli Man vs State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
**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': '2017-03-03', '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.(MD) No.14581 of 2010', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/31771513/', '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 held death occurred in railway-police custody; Rs.5 lakh paid, enhancement ordered via SP-rank enquiry.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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