# Neyveli Man & Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 March 2024 in W.P. Nos. 10049 and 21737 of 2023, W.P. No. 32935 of 2022, the Madras High Court (Coram: S. S. Sundar, G. Arul Murugan, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 9 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Neyveli Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Police Station, Cuddalore District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Parangipettai Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Umangalam Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Thermal Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Umangalam Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Thermal Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Mantharakuppam Police Station, Cuddalore District, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: TN 31 CW 0012
- Case reference: W.P. Nos. 10049 and 21737 of 2023, W.P. No. 32935 of 2022
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: S. S. Sundar, G. Arul Murugan, JJ.), 1 March 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Neyveli Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Police Station, Cuddalore District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Parangipettai Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Umangalam Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Thermal Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Umangalam Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Thermal Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Mantharakuppam Police Station, Cuddalore District
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 294(b) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 397 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506(2) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 176(1-A) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 22(2) of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Clause 21(1) and Clause 21(2) of the impugned order of SHRC, regarding payment of compensation, consequential recovery from 1st to 9th respondents and the direction to initiate the disciplinary action are confirmed.” (at para 26(i))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: imprisonment and fine. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/86748406/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0032)

**Record:** CW-2024-0032 (compiler id CWC-1304); case GAP3-90-004
**Title:** Neyveli Man & Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: S. S. Sundar; G. Arul Murugan
**Case number / citation:** W.P. Nos. 10049 and 21737 of 2023, W.P. No. 32935 of 2022
**Judgment:** 2024-03-01 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2020-10-28 (2020)
**Place:** Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu; city town: Neyveli; police station or unit: Neyveli Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 294(b); IPC 392; IPC 397; IPC 506(2); CrPC 176(1-A); Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 22(2); Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Neyveli Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Police Station, Cuddalore District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Parangipettai Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Umangalam Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Thermal Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Umangalam Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Thermal Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Mantharakuppam Police Station, Cuddalore District (9 in record)
**Victims:** Neyveli man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Neyveli man was arrested on 28 October 2020 by Neyveli police in a chain-snatching case, kept in illegal custody and beaten/tortured until production before the Magistrate on 30 October 2020, remanded, and died in hospital on 4 November 2020 while in judicial custody. The SHRC (10 August 2022) held illegal custody and torture proved and awarded Rs.5 lakh to his wife with recovery from nine police personnel plus disciplinary and prosecution recommendations. The Division Bench confirmed the compensation, the recovery (Rs.3 lakh from the Inspector, Rs.25,000 each from the other eight) and the disciplinary-action direction, holding the arrest-to-production gap a clear case of illegal confinement violating Article 22(2). It set aside only the criminal-prosecution direction, accepting on post-mortem and investigation-wing evidence that the death stemmed from epilepsy and coronary disease and ordered disbursal within three weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Clause 21(1) and Clause 21(2) of the impugned order of SHRC, regarding payment of compensation, consequential recovery from 1st to 9th respondents and the direction to initiate the disciplinary action are confirmed.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/86748406/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/65faf3f37cf14c75c6169206)
**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:** 26(i)
**display title redacted:** Neyveli Man & Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
**followup status:** never_checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2024-03-01', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P. Nos. 10049 and 21737 of 2023, W.P. No. 32935 of 2022', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/86748406/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/65faf3f37cf14c75c6169206', '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:** SHRC illegal-custody/torture finding upheld; Rs.5L + recovery + dept action confirmed, prosecution set aside.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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