# Sivakasi Man v. State & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 8 July 2019 in W.P.(MD) No. 9014 of 2010, the Madras High Court (Coram: B. Pugalendhi, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: M. Ramasamy (Inspector); Sub-Inspector, Sivakasi Town PS, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: TN 63 CW 0008
- Case reference: W.P.(MD) No. 9014 of 2010
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: B. Pugalendhi, J.), 8 July 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: M. Ramasamy (Inspector); Sub-Inspector, Sivakasi Town PS
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 8(c)/20(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Section 51(1) of the Wildlife Protection Act
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Therefore, it is clear that in order to victimize the petitioner, the 4th respondent has foisted a case against him and the findings given by the Assistant Superintendent of Police, establish that the 4th respondent has committed a serious professional …” (at para 11)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- 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/189339587/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0006)

**Record:** CW-2019-0006 (compiler id CWC-0582); case SWFALSEI-014
**Title:** Sivakasi Man v. State & Ors.
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: B. Pugalendhi
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(MD) No. 9014 of 2010
**Judgment:** 2019-07-08 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-05-12 (2005)
**Place:** Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu; city town: Sivakasi; police station or unit: Sivakasi Town PS; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** NDPS Act s.8(c)/20(b); Wildlife Protection Act s.51(1)
**Officers (gated display forms):** M. Ramasamy (Inspector); Sub-Inspector, Sivakasi Town PS (2 in record)
**Victims:** Sivakasi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. replace ' ' — paras 4.2-4.7 record the respondents' counter (credible-information search with DSP permission, accused untraceable, case closed as 'action dropped', liability not absolved); summarize it per R52. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Therefore, it is clear that in order to victimize the petitioner, the 4th respondent has foisted a case against him and the findings given by the Assistant Superintendent of Police, establish that the 4th respondent has committed a serious professional lapses.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/189339587/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', '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:** 11
**display title redacted:** Sivakasi Man v. State & 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2019-07-08', '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 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P.(MD) No. 9014 of 2010', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/189339587/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**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:** Inspector foisted 4 cases incl NDPS to favour civil-dispute party; victim jailed 45 days, Rs 1L.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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