The Madras High Court (Justice Anita Sumanth) awarded Rs 20 lakh to ex-Sub-Inspector for illegal detention and custodial torture by R-7 K.K. Nagar police from 29 November to 3 December 2002. Pre-record custody, denied in police records, was proved because the police themselves took the petitioner (with his brother) to a private hospital and diagnostic centre and paid for treatment of his injuries. Calling the police records shamelessly false, the Court ordered payment by bank transfer in four weeks (8% interest on delay) and disciplinary proceedings against all three officers with enquiry concluded in 12 weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 14 June 2023 in W.P. No. 13488 of 2005, the Madras High Court (Coram: Anita Sumanth, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, R-7 K.K. Nagar PS, Chennai; Sub-Inspector (L&O), R-7 K.K. Nagar PS, Chennai; Head Constable, R-7 K.K. Nagar PS, Chennai, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 20 lakh (Rs 20,00,000).
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The Madras High Court judgment dated 14 June 2023 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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Official finding: supports allegation.
Holding not recorded separately.
“Such instances were both prior to and after 03.12.2002 and fortify the petitioner’s version of events, that he was in custody of the police even prior to 03.12.2002. This exposes yet again, the shamelessly false contents of the police records …” (para 83)
The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 2,000,000.
(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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