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

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/59561839/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0037)

**Record:** CW-2019-0037 (compiler id CWC-0856); case GAP2-40-006
**Title:** S. (minor, through father M.) vs Secretary, Home Department and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: V. Bharathidasan
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 17503 of 2013
**Judgment:** 2019-11-27 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2013-02-22 (2013)
**Place:** Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu; city town: Kottur; police station or unit: Kottur Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 457; IPC 380; IPC 379; Constitution Art. 226; Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** 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 (6 in record)
**Victims:** Kottur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/59561839/)
**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:** 16
**display title redacted:** S. (minor, through father M.) vs Secretary, Home Department 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': \['case_title', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2019-11-27', '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 300,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P. No. 17503 of 2013', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/59561839/', '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:** Primary text verified: Rs 3L compensation for custodial torture of minor; DIG enquiry ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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