# Kannan vs The \[name withheld\], Paramakudi Town

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 April 2023 in Crl.R.C.(MD) No. 416 of 2018, the Madras High Court (Coram: G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, J., J.) affirmed the conviction of the Kannan (Police Officer), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10,000.

- Register number: TN 65 CW 0002
- Case reference: Crl.R.C.(MD) No. 416 of 2018
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, J., J.), 21 April 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Kannan (Police Officer)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “the prosecution proved that P.W.1 was assaulted by the petitioner in the Police Station, that too without committing any offence.” (at para 11)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.5 years. Compensation: Rs 10,000.
- 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/109209221/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0009)

**Record:** CW-2023-0009 (compiler id CWC-0371); case TAMILN-007
**Title:** Kannan vs The \[name withheld\], Paramakudi Town
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, J.
**Case number / citation:** Crl.R.C.(MD) No. 416 of 2018
**Judgment:** 2023-04-21 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-12-20 (2005)
**Place:** Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu; city town: Paramakudi; police station or unit: Nainarkovil Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 330
**Officers (gated display forms):** Kannan (Police Officer) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Paramakudi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.5 yrs; Rs 10,000
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed a criminal revision case filed by police officer Kannan and affirmed his conviction under Section 330 IPC for inflicting custodial torture to extort a confession. In December 2005, the victim was brought to Nainarkovil Police Station on suspicion of jewel theft, where the petitioner tied his hands and legs, beat him with a lathi, and kicked him with boots, causing injuries that required hospitalisation at Paramakudi Government Hospital and Madurai Rajaji Hospital. Rejecting the officer's plea that sanction under Section 197 CrPC was required, Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan held that custodial violence forms no part of official duty and was conclusively established by the medical evidence and the RDO enquiry. The Court affirmed the modified sentence of six months simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000, of which Rs 10,000 was awarded to the victim as compensation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> the prosecution proved that P.W.1 was assaulted by the petitioner in the Police Station, that too without committing any offence.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/109209221/)
**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:** 11
**display title redacted:** Kannan vs The \[name withheld\], Paramakudi Town
**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': \['court_quote', 'court_quote_para'\]}
**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': 'Crl.R.C.(MD) No. 416 of 2018', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2023-04-21', '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': 'Crl.R.C.(MD) No. 416 of 2018', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/109209221/', '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:** High Court confirmed conviction of police officer under IPC 330 for custodial torture to extort confession in false theft case.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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