# Sivagangai Woman vs State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 August 2019 in W.P. No.16442 of 2004, the Madras High Court (Coram: M. S. Ramesh, J.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Ulagampatti Police Station, Sivagangai District, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: TN 63 CW 0009
- Case reference: W.P. No.16442 of 2004
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: M. S. Ramesh, J.), 7 August 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Ulagampatti Police Station, Sivagangai District
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 22 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of the undisputable facts establishing that the petitioner in the instant case was subjected to illegal arrest and torture and by applying the ratio laid down in D.K.Basu's case (supra), this Court is of the view that the …” (at para 17)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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/2374189/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0035)

**Record:** CW-2019-0035 (compiler id CWC-1292); case GAP3-88-001
**Title:** Sivagangai Woman vs State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: M. S. Ramesh
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No.16442 of 2004
**Judgment:** 2019-08-07 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-07-07 (2002)
**Place:** Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu; police station or unit: Ulagampatti Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 107; Constitution Art.21; Constitution Art.22; Constitution Art.226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Ulagampatti Police Station, Sivagangai District (1 in record)
**Victims:** Sivagangai woman, age 25 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. replace ' ' — paras 4/7/11 record respondents' counter (matrimonial + land disputes, Cr.No.21/2001 u/s 107 CrPC, 4th respondent expired, transfer administrative not punitive, no State liability); summarize it per R52. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In view of the undisputable facts establishing that the petitioner in the instant case was subjected to illegal arrest and torture and by applying the ratio laid down in D.K.Basu's case (supra), this Court is of the view that the petitioner requires to be monetarily compensated.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/2374189/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 17
**display title redacted:** Sivagangai Woman 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2019-08-07', '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 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P. No.16442 of 2004', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/2374189/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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 assault and illegal arrest by police proved; Rs.2 lakh compensation ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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