# Chennai Man v. State of Tamil Nadu and Others

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## Report card

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).

- Register number: TN 01 CW 0026
- Case reference: W.P. No. 13488 of 2005
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: Anita Sumanth, J.), 14 June 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: 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
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “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 …” (at para 83)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 20 lakh (Rs 20,00,000).
- 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/84698935/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0033)

**Record:** CW-2023-0033 (compiler id CWC-0740); case SWILLEGA-088
**Title:** Chennai Man v. State of Tamil Nadu and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: Anita Sumanth
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 13488 of 2005
**Judgment:** 2023-06-14 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-11-29 (2002)
**Place:** Chennai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Chennai; police station or unit: R-7 K.K. Nagar Police Station, Chennai; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** 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 (3 in record)
**Victims:** Chennai man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 20 lakh (Rs 20,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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 and counters.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/84698935/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**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:** 83
**display title redacted:** Chennai Man v. State of Tamil Nadu 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2023-06-14', '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 2,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P. No. 13488 of 2005', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/84698935/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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:** Madras HC judgment verified on Indian Kanoon except operative para (fetch truncated); Rs 20L figure per agent full-text read.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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