Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: Crl.A. Nos. 995, 996 and 1051 of 2002
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CW-2018-0028Puducherry, PuducherryJudgment 29 October 2018
Puducherry Police personnel and others v. State by Superintendent of Police, CID
The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Puducherry man @ a Puducherry man was brought to Odiansalai police station on 29 December 1993 for interrogation and beaten to death by the station police officers; Assistant Surgeon V. Srinivasan (A11) then issued a false first post-mortem certificate attributing death to cirrhotic haemorrhage. A second post-mortem on 3 January 1994 showed death by shock from multiple blunt injuries. The II Additional Sessions Judge, Puducherry (S.C. No. 11/1995, 24.06.2002) convicted three policemen (A2-A4) under Section 304 Part II read with Section 34 IPC with seven years rigorous imprisonment plus Section 201 convictions, and convicted others including the doctor under Section 201. The High Court dismissed Crl.A. Nos. 995, 996 and 1051 of 2002 by common judgment dated 29 October 2018, upholding the convictions; the Supreme Court on 17 September 2025 affirmed the A2-A4 convictions while setting aside only the A6-A8 Section 201 convictions and reducing the doctors sentence to a fine. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 29 October 2018 in Crl.A. Nos. 995, 996 and 1051 of 2002, the Madras High Court (Coram: M. V. Muralidaran, J.) affirmed the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Odiansalai Police Station; Police personnel, Odiansalai Police Station; Police personnel, Odiansalai Police Station.
- Register number
- PY 01 CW 0003
- Case reference
- Crl.A. Nos. 995, 996 and 1051 of 2002
- Court and date
- Madras High Court (Coram: M. V. Muralidaran, J.), 29 October 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police personnel, Odiansalai Police Station; Police personnel, Odiansalai Police Station; Police personnel, Odiansalai Police Station
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “the public has lost faith in the police and had to seek help from the court for redress of grievances”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 7 years.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Madras High Court judgment dated 29 October 2018 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“the public has lost faith in the police and had to seek help from the court for redress of grievances”
Separate from verification
Institutional response
29 Oct 2018
Order issued
ConcludedThe Madras High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: Crl.A. Nos. 995, 996 and 1051 of 2002
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.