# S. Thirumalai Muthusamy v. State; B. Ravichandran & Anr. v. State

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 March 2024 in Crl.A.(MD) Nos. 222 and 223 of 2021, the Madras High Court (Coram: K.K. Ramakrishnan, J.) affirmed the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: S. Thirumalai Muthusamy; B. Ravichandran; K. Ponram.

- Register number: TN 57 CW 0024
- Case reference: Crl.A.(MD) Nos. 222 and 223 of 2021
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K.K. Ramakrishnan, J.), 19 March 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: S. Thirumalai Muthusamy; B. Ravichandran; K. Ponram
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304 Part II/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 166 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Due to the egocentric attitude of the police officials, the deceased was brutally attacked by them and ultimately he died.” (at para 15)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 10 years.
- 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/144552315/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0005)

**Record:** CW-2024-0005 (compiler id CWC-0463); case SWCUSTOD-039
**Title:** S. Thirumalai Muthusamy v. State; B. Ravichandran & Anr. v. State
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: K.K. Ramakrishnan
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A.(MD) Nos. 222 and 223 of 2021
**Judgment:** 2024-03-19 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2010-04-04 (2010)
**Place:** Dindigul, Tamil Nadu; city town: Vadamadurai; police station or unit: Vadamadurai PS; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 304 Part II/34; IPC 166
**Officers (gated display forms):** S. Thirumalai Muthusamy; B. Ravichandran; K. Ponram (3 in record)
**Victims:** Vadamadurai man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 10 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

Remove victim name 'soldier a Vadamadurai man' — judgment names no such victim; 'a Vadamadurai man' appears only as 'Mr.a Vadamadurai man, learned Additional Public Prosecutor' (paras 5/head). Deceased is consistently 'the deceased military personnel' (paras 2, 7). Reword to 'a soldier' / 'the deceased military personnel'. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Due to the egocentric attitude of the police officials, the deceased was brutally attacked by them and ultimately he died.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/144552315/)
**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
**court quote para:** 15
**display title redacted:** S. Thirumalai Muthusamy v. State; B. Ravichandran & Anr. v. State
**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': \['summary'\]}
**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.A.(MD) Nos. 222 and 223 of 2021', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2024-03-19', '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.A.(MD) Nos. 222 and 223 of 2021', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/144552315/', '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 appeals; 10-yr terms for 3 Vadamadurai policemen confirmed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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