CW-2019-0037Tiruvarur, Tamil NaduJudgment 27 November 2019

S. (minor, through father M.) vs Secretary, Home Department and Others

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. replace 'minor XI-standard student a minor boy' with role noun ('a minor boy studying in XI standard'); replace ' ' with the recorded counter (DSP clean-chit; respondents' chase/fall + wayward-life claims, paras 5-7) per R52. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 27 November 2019 in W.P. No. 17503 of 2013, the Madras High Court (Coram: V. Bharathidasan, J.) returned findings adverse to 6 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Kottur Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Kottur Police Station; Police Constable, Kottur Police Station; Police Constable, Kottur Police Station; Police Constable, Kottur Police Station; Police Constable, Kottur Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

Register number
TN 50 CW 0001
Case reference
W.P. No. 17503 of 2013
Court and date
Madras High Court (Coram: V. Bharathidasan, J.), 27 November 2019
Officer(s) at the material time
Inspector of Police, Kottur Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Kottur Police Station; Police Constable, Kottur Police Station; Police Constable, Kottur Police Station; Police Constable, Kottur Police Station; Police Constable, Kottur Police Station
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 457 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 380 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“Thus, the available medical records would go to clearly show that the petitioner sustained severe injuries at the hands of the respondents 5 to 10 while he was in police custody.” (at para 16)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Madras High Court judgment dated 27 November 2019 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial torturePrimary
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.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“Thus, the available medical records would go to clearly show that the petitioner sustained severe injuries at the hands of the respondents 5 to 10 while he was in police custody.” (para 16)

Institutional response

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27 Nov 2019

Order issued

Concluded
Madras High Court External · Binding

The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: W.P. No. 17503 of 2013
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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