# Neyveli Man vs The State of Tamil Nadu and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 September 2019 in W.P. No. 9267 of 2017, the Madras High Court (Coram: S. Manikumar, Subramonium Prasad, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Neyveli Township Police Station; Inspector of Police, Nellikuppam Police Station, Cuddalore; Constable, Neyveli Township Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 30.1 lakh (Rs 30,09,648).

- Register number: TN 31 CW 0008
- Case reference: W.P. No. 9267 of 2017 / AIRONLINE 2019 MAD 672; (2019) 7 MAD LJ 652
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: S. Manikumar, Subramonium Prasad, JJ.), 4 September 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Neyveli Township Police Station; Inspector of Police, Nellikuppam Police Station, Cuddalore; Constable, Neyveli Township Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “prefix with 'Hence, ' per para 76 ('Hence, the total compensation works out to Rs.30,09,648/- with interest at the rate of 6% per annum.')” (at para 76)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 30.1 lakh (Rs 30,09,648).
- 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/128551506/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0015)

**Record:** CW-2019-0015 (compiler id CWC-0738); case GAP5-002
**Title:** Neyveli Man vs The State of Tamil Nadu and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: S. Manikumar; Subramonium Prasad
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 9267 of 2017 / AIRONLINE 2019 MAD 672; (2019) 7 MAD LJ 652
**Judgment:** 2019-09-04 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2015-05-28 (2015)
**Place:** Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu; city town: Neyveli; police station or unit: Neyveli Township Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Neyveli Township Police Station; Inspector of Police, Nellikuppam Police Station, Cuddalore; Constable, Neyveli Township Police Station (3 in record)
**Victims:** Neyveli man, age 35 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 30.1 lakh (Rs 30,09,648)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

replace ' ' — Inspector's denials (daily release on muchalika; JIPMER-attack story) and State's quantum objection (Rs.5L cap citing Sangaiyya) are recorded; summarize per R52. Age: court computed on 36 years (paras 73-74), petitioner pleaded 35. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> prefix with 'Hence, ' per para 76 ('Hence, the total compensation works out to Rs.30,09,648/- with interest at the rate of 6% per annum.')

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/128551506/)
**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:** 76
**display title redacted:** Neyveli Man vs The State of Tamil Nadu and Others
**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': \['court_quote_para', 'court_quote', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2019-09-04', '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 3,009,648.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'AIRONLINE 2019 MAD 672; (2019) 7 MAD LJ 652', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/128551506/', '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 judgment verified; PIL maintainable, week-long illegal detention and torture death, Rs. 30.09 lakh awarded.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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