# Vriddhachalam Police Inspector vs The State by DSP

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 April 2025 in Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 1522 of 2023 and connected appeals, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Prashant Kumar Mishra, Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Inspector, Virudhachalam Police Station, Cuddalore; Sub-Inspector, Virudhachalam Police Station, Cuddalore, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: TN 31 CW 0015
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 1522 of 2023 and connected appeals / 2025 INSC 576
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: Prashant Kumar Mishra, Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ.), 28 April 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector, Virudhachalam Police Station, Cuddalore; Sub-Inspector, Virudhachalam Police Station, Cuddalore
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 217 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 3(2)(i) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; Section 4 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Evidence, as discussed earlier, makes it clear that \[name withheld\] manufactured the extra-judicial confessions and evidence and thereafter, filed the chargesheet against Dalits on the basis of that evidence.” (at para 74(b))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/146992794/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0004)

**Record:** CW-2025-0004 (compiler id CWC-0355); case TAMILN-002; aliases: CWC-1422; CWC-1479
**Title:** Vriddhachalam Police Inspector vs The State by DSP
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Prashant Kumar Mishra; Sudhanshu Dhulia
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 1522 of 2023 and connected appeals / 2025 INSC 576
**Judgment:** 2025-04-28 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-07-08 (2003)
**Place:** Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu; city town: Vriddhachalam; police station or unit: Vriddhachalam Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 217; IPC 218; SC/ST Act 1989 s.3(2)(i); SC/ST Act 1989 s.4
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector, Virudhachalam Police Station, Cuddalore; Sub-Inspector, Virudhachalam Police Station, Cuddalore (2 in record)
**Victims:** Vriddhachalam man; Vriddhachalam woman (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals in the 2003 a Vriddhachalam woman-a Vriddhachalam man honour killing at Vriddhachalam, Cuddalore district, upholding the convictions of Sub-Inspector and Inspector, who knew of the double murder from 8 July 2003 but refused to register an FIR and, nine days later under pressure, manufactured extra-judicial confessions and chargesheeted four innocent Dalit family members of the victim alongside the real culprits to shield the dominant-caste accused. Calling Inspector the main architect of the false FIR and dishonest investigation, the Court upheld his life sentence under Sections 217-218 IPC and Sections 4 and 3(2)(i) of the SC/ST Act, and upheld \[name withheld\] conviction as modified by the High Court to two years rigorous imprisonment under Section 217 IPC and Section 4 of the SC/ST Act. Terming honour killing the ugly reality of the entrenched caste structure, the Court awarded Rs 5 lakh victim compensation to the father and step-mother of a Vriddhachalam man, payable by the State of Tamil Nadu. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Evidence, as discussed earlier, makes it clear that \[name withheld\] manufactured the extra-judicial confessions and evidence and thereafter, filed the chargesheet against Dalits on the basis of that evidence.

**Sources (7):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/146992794/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/29817701/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/tn-honour-killing-case-supreme-court-upholds-life-sentence-of-police-inspector-for-fabricating-evidence-against-dalits-290616); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-upholds-conviction-11-including-2-police-officers-for-honor-killing-tn-couple); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/k-p-tamilmaran-v-the-statewatermark-1707749.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-upholds-convictions-in-kannagi-murugesan-honour-killing-case-of-tamil-nadu-290528); [api.sci.gov.in](https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2022/41411/41411_2022_12_1501_61313_Judgement_28-Apr-2025.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** 74(b)
**display title redacted:** Vriddhachalam Police Inspector vs The State by DSP
**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': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2025 INSC 576', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2025-04-28', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '2025 INSC 576', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/146992794/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/29817701/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/tn-honour-killing-case-supreme-court-upholds-life-sentence-of-police-inspector-for-fabricating-evidence-against-dalits-290616', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-upholds-conviction-11-including-2-police-officers-for-honor-killing-tn-couple', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/k-p-tamilmaran-v-the-statewatermark-1707749.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-upholds-convictions-in-kannagi-murugesan-honour-killing-case-of-tamil-nadu-290528', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2022/41411/41411_2022_12_1501_61313_Judgement_28-Apr-2025.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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:** Supreme Court dismissed appeals and upheld life sentence of Inspector and 2-year sentence of SI for burying the a Vriddhachalam woman-a Vriddhachalam man honour killing and framing innocent Dalits, with Rs 5 lakh victim compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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