# Puducherry Police personnel and others v. State by Superintendent of Police, CID

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.the-laws.com/encyclopedia/browse/case?caseId=218102180900&title=sundararaj-vs-state-by-superintendent-of-police-cid); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2018-0028)

**Record:** CW-2018-0028 (compiler id CWC-0838); case GAP2-39-001
**Title:** Puducherry Police personnel and others v. State by Superintendent of Police, CID
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: M. V. Muralidaran
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. Nos. 995, 996 and 1051 of 2002
**Judgment:** 2018-10-29 (2018, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-12-29 (1993)
**Place:** Puducherry, Puducherry; city town: Puducherry; police station or unit: Odiansalai Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 304 Part II; IPC 201; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Odiansalai Police Station; Police personnel, Odiansalai Police Station; Police personnel, Odiansalai Police Station (3 in record)
**Victims:** Puducherry man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 7 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

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.

> the public has lost faith in the police and had to seek help from the court for redress of grievances

**Sources (3):** [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/encyclopedia/browse/case?caseId=218102180900&title=sundararaj-vs-state-by-superintendent-of-police-cid); [api.sci.gov.in](https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2018/43383/43383_2018_5_102_64274_Order_17-Sep-2025.pdf); [latestly.com](https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/hc-upholds-conviction-of-cops-doctor-in-custodial-death-case-461488.html)
**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
**display title redacted:** Puducherry Police personnel and others v. State by Superintendent of Police, CID
**followup status:** never_checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Crl.A. Nos. 995, 996 and 1051 of 2002', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2018-10-29', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madras High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madras High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Crl.A. Nos. 995, 996 and 1051 of 2002', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/encyclopedia/browse/case?caseId=218102180900&title=sundararaj-vs-state-by-superintendent-of-police-cid', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2018/43383/43383_2018_5_102_64274_Order_17-Sep-2025.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/hc-upholds-conviction-of-cops-doctor-in-custodial-death-case-461488.html', '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:** Madras HC (M.V. Muralidaran, J.) common judgment 29.10.2018 in Crl.A. 995, 996, 1051/2002 upheld trial-court convictions for 1993 Odiansalai custodial death; corroborated by SC order 17.09.2025 and PTI report (HC full text paywalled).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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