# Pudukkoorapettai Police Inspector of Police and others vs State by \[name withheld\], CBI/SCB/Chennai (Pudukkoorapettai Woman-Pudukkoorapettai Man honour killing case)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 8 June 2022 in R.T. No.4 of 2021 and Crl.A. Nos.483, 504, 522, 523, 524 and 626 of 2021, the Madras High Court (Coram: P.N. Prakash, A.A. Nakkiran, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Vriddhachalam Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Vriddhachalam Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 9 lakh (Rs 9,00,000).

- Register number: TN 31 CW 0010
- Case reference: R.T. No.4 of 2021 and Crl.A. Nos.483, 504, 522, 523, 524 and 626 of 2021
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: P.N. Prakash, A.A. Nakkiran, JJ.), 8 June 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Vriddhachalam Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Vriddhachalam Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 217 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 3(2)(i) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; Section 4 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
- Finding of the Court (extract): “it was only \[name withheld\] (A.15), with the knowledge of his \[name withheld\], who had falsely implicated a Pudukkoorapettai man (P.W.1), a Pudukkoorapettai man (P.W.33) and a Pudukkoorapettai man, all Dalits, in this case, arrested them, recorded their police confessions …” (at para 222)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment. Compensation: Rs 9 lakh (Rs 9,00,000).
- 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/29817701/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2022-0025)

**Record:** CW-2022-0025 (compiler id CWC-0023); case GAP5-004
**Title:** Pudukkoorapettai Police Inspector of Police and others vs State by \[name withheld\], CBI/SCB/Chennai (Pudukkoorapettai Woman-Pudukkoorapettai Man honour killing case)
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: P.N. Prakash; A.A. Nakkiran
**Case number / citation:** R.T. No.4 of 2021 and Crl.A. Nos.483, 504, 522, 523, 524 and 626 of 2021
**Judgment:** 2022-06-08 (2022, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-07-08 (2003)
**Place:** Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu; city town: Pudukkoorapettai; police station or unit: Vriddhachalam Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 217; IPC 218; SC/ST Act 1989 s.3(2)(i); SC/ST Act 1989 s.4
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Vriddhachalam Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Vriddhachalam Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Pudukkoorapettai man; Pudukkoorapettai woman; Pudukkoorapettai man; Pudukkoorapettai man; Pudukkoorapettai man (5 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; Rs 9 lakh (Rs 9,00,000)
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

Newly married inter-caste couple a Pudukkoorapettai man and a Pudukkoorapettai woman died on 8 July 2003 and their bodies were cremated in haste; Inspector manufactured an extrajudicial confession, falsely implicated three Dalit men, arrested them, recorded their police confessions and effected make-believe seizures, while Sub-Inspector registered the FIR thereafter. The CBI investigated and the Special Court convicted thirteen accused. The Division Bench held the fabrication by \[name withheld\] proved, dismissed his appeal and confirmed his life sentence with the Rs.3,00,000-each compensation to the three victims' side, and confirmed \[name withheld\]'s conviction under Section 217 IPC and Section 4 of the SC/ST Act while acquitting him of Section 218 IPC and Section 3(2)(i).

> it was only \[name withheld\] (A.15), with the knowledge of his \[name withheld\], who had falsely implicated a Pudukkoorapettai man (P.W.1), a Pudukkoorapettai man (P.W.33) and a Pudukkoorapettai man, all Dalits, in this case, arrested them, recorded their police confessions and effected make-believe seizures.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/29817701/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/tn-honour-killing-case-supreme-court-upholds-life-sentence-of-police-inspector-for-fabricating-evidence-against-dalits-290616)
**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:** 222
**display title redacted:** Pudukkoorapettai Police Inspector of Police and others vs State by \[name withheld\], CBI/SCB/Chennai (Pudukkoorapettai Woman-Pudukkoorapettai Man honour killing case)
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'R.T. No.4 of 2021 and Crl.A. Nos.483, 504, 522, 523, 524 and 626 of 2021', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2022-06-08', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madras High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madras High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'R.T. No.4 of 2021 and Crl.A. Nos.483, 504, 522, 523, 524 and 626 of 2021', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/29817701/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/tn-honour-killing-case-supreme-court-upholds-life-sentence-of-police-inspector-for-fabricating-evidence-against-dalits-290616', '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:** HC dismissed Inspector's appeal confirming life term for fabricating evidence; SI conviction u/s 217 IPC and s.4 SC/ST Act confirmed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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