# Thiruppuvanam Man v. The Home Secretary and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 May 2025 in W.P.(MD) Nos.22169 and 22170 of 2021, the Madras High Court (Coram: K.K. Ramakrishnan, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Thiruppuvanam Police Station, Sivagangai District; Police personnel, Thiruppuvanam Police Station, Sivagangai District, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: TN 63 CW 0013
- Case reference: W.P.(MD) Nos.22169 and 22170 of 2021
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K.K. Ramakrishnan, J.), 15 May 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Thiruppuvanam Police Station, Sivagangai District; Police personnel, Thiruppuvanam Police Station, Sivagangai District
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 294(b) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506(ii) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The petitioner is entitled to receive compensation of Rs.5 Lakhs from the 5th and 6th respondents.” (at para 9.1)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. 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/16672997/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0037)

**Record:** CW-2025-0037 (compiler id CWC-1301); case GAP3-90-001
**Title:** Thiruppuvanam Man v. The Home Secretary and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: K.K. Ramakrishnan
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(MD) Nos.22169 and 22170 of 2021
**Judgment:** 2025-05-15 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2010-07-26 (2010)
**Place:** Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Thiruppuvanam; police station or unit: Thiruppuvanam 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 420; IPC 506(ii); Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Thiruppuvanam Police Station, Sivagangai District; Police personnel, Thiruppuvanam Police Station, Sivagangai District (2 in record)
**Victims:** Thiruppuvanam man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Thiruppuvanam man was picked up after midnight on 26.07.2010 by SI and HC of Thiruppuvanam Police Station, brutally beaten in custody, released the same night, and admitted to Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai with internal injuries. The officers then foisted a sand-theft case (Crime No.283/2010) on him, which ended in acquittal in C.C. No.240/2019; a DSP enquiry and departmental proceedings recorded custodial torture against the two officers, though the punishment was later recalled without stated reason. On 15.05.2025 the Madurai Bench held the departmental enquiry finding still holds good, ordered the two officers to personally pay Rs.5 lakh compensation (Rs.2.5 lakh each) within two weeks, and directed the DGP to decide afresh through an IG-rank officer whether the punishment is sustainable, listing compliance on 02.12.2025. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The petitioner is entitled to receive compensation of Rs.5 Lakhs from the 5th and 6th respondents.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/16672997/)
**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:** 9.1
**display title redacted:** Thiruppuvanam Man v. The Home Secretary and Others
**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': \['officers'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-05-15', '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.(MD) Nos.22169 and 22170 of 2021', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/16672997/', '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:** HC held departmental torture finding still good; two Thiruppuvanam officers to personally pay Rs.5 lakh; DGP to revisit punishment.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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