# Dindigul Resident and Others v. Superintendent of Police, Dindigul District

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 February 2023 in W.P.(MD) No.7380 of 2016 and W.M.P.(MD) No.6201 of 2016, the Madras High Court (Coram: S. Srimathy, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Dindigul District Police; Police personnel, Dindigul District Police; Police personnel, Dindigul District Police.

- Register number: TN 57 CW 0020
- Case reference: W.P.(MD) No.7380 of 2016 and W.M.P.(MD) No.6201 of 2016
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: S. Srimathy, J.), 23 February 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Dindigul District Police; Police personnel, Dindigul District Police; Police personnel, Dindigul District Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Since the criminal proceedings ended in conviction, this Writ Petition stands dismissed.” (at para 6)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation.
- 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/35790241/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0036)

**Record:** CW-2023-0036 (compiler id CWC-1299); case GAP3-89-004
**Title:** Dindigul Resident and Others v. Superintendent of Police, Dindigul District
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: S. Srimathy
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(MD) No.7380 of 2016 and W.M.P.(MD) No.6201 of 2016
**Judgment:** 2023-02-23 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Dindigul, Tamil Nadu; police station or unit: Dindigul District Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Dindigul District Police; Police personnel, Dindigul District Police; Police personnel, Dindigul District Police (3 in record)
**Victims:** Dindigul resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

Three serving Dindigul policemen faced a custodial-death complaint; the NHRC enquired, ordered compensation to the victim's family, and directed the Government to pay and recover from the policemen, yielding recovery orders dated 06.11.2015 and 10.12.2015. The policemen challenged the recovery before the Madurai Bench, which had earlier stayed recovery subject to the outcome of the criminal proceedings. The Government reported that all three were convicted in the criminal case on 27.04.2021. On 23.02.2023 the Court therefore declined to entertain the petition and dismissed it, keeping the compensation recovery alive with liberty to revive their rights if acquitted on appeal.

> Since the criminal proceedings ended in conviction, this Writ Petition stands dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/35790241/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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
**compensation ordered:** True
**court quote para:** 6
**display title redacted:** Dindigul Resident and Others v. Superintendent of Police, Dindigul District
**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': \[\]}; {'date': '2026-09-25', 'scope': 'Compensation ordered by the NHRC (recoverable from the three policemen) with no fixed amount in the order; the High Court kept the recovery in force.'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2023-02-23', '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 compensation in an amount stated in the judgment.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P.(MD) No.7380 of 2016 and W.M.P.(MD) No.6201 of 2016', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/35790241/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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 convicted policemen's challenge, sustaining NHRC compensation recovery for custodial death.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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