# \[name withheld\] Madurai Woman & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 February 2025 in W.A. (MD) Nos. 1155 of 2020, 1200 and 1216 of 2019, the Madras High Court (Coram: G. R. Swaminathan, M. Jothiraman, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector of Police, Thilagar Thidal Police Station, Madurai City; Inspector of Police, Thilagar Thidal Police Station, Madurai City; Woman Head Constable, C4 Thilagar Thidal Police Station, Madurai City, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: TN 57 CW 0026
- Case reference: W.A. (MD) Nos. 1155 of 2020, 1200 and 1216 of 2019
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: G. R. Swaminathan, M. Jothiraman, JJ.), 7 February 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, Thilagar Thidal Police Station, Madurai City; Inspector of Police, Thilagar Thidal Police Station, Madurai City; Woman Head Constable, C4 Thilagar Thidal Police Station, Madurai City
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 46(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 448 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 294(b) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506(i) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “For this reason, we decline relief to her. W.A(MD)No.1155 of 2020 stands dismissed.” (at para 24)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: imprisonment and fine. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- 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://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/67a61de3a1572e13dd1c6c42); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0035)

**Record:** CW-2025-0035 (compiler id CWC-1305); case GAP3-90-005
**Title:** \[name withheld\] Madurai Woman & Ors.
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: G. R. Swaminathan; M. Jothiraman
**Case number / citation:** W.A. (MD) Nos. 1155 of 2020, 1200 and 1216 of 2019
**Judgment:** 2025-02-07 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2019-01-14 (2019)
**Place:** Madurai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Madurai; police station or unit: Thilagar Thidal Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 46(4); IPC 448; IPC 294(b); IPC 323; IPC 506(i)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, Thilagar Thidal Police Station, Madurai City; Inspector of Police, Thilagar Thidal Police Station, Madurai City; Woman Head Constable, C4 Thilagar Thidal Police Station, Madurai City (1 in record)
**Victims:** Madurai woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Madurai woman was arrested at about 8 p.m. on 14 January 2019, forcibly taken to the police station where she was abused, beaten and cut, then hospitalised and remanded the next day. A single judge held the after-sunset arrest of a woman illegal for breach of section 46(4) CrPC, directed departmental action and Rs.50,000 costs recoverable from the officers' salaries. On 7 February 2025 the Division Bench allowed the appeals of Inspector and Woman Head Constable for want of definite material against them. It dismissed Sub-Inspector's appeal, holding she had not made fair disclosure since her counter contradicted her own remand report, so the costs and departmental-action directions stand as against her.

> For this reason, we decline relief to her. W.A(MD)No.1155 of 2020 stands dismissed.

**Sources (2):** [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/67a61de3a1572e13dd1c6c42); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/deepa-v-svijayalakshmiwatermark-1688279.pdf)
**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:** 24
**display title redacted:** \[name withheld\] Madurai Woman & Ors.
**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': '2025-02-07', '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 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.A. (MD) Nos. 1155 of 2020, 1200 and 1216 of 2019', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/67a61de3a1572e13dd1c6c42', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/deepa-v-svijayalakshmiwatermark-1688279.pdf', '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:** SI 's appeal dismissed; Rs.50,000 costs + dept action stand; 2 co-officers exonerated.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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