# Alangulam Man vs State of Tamil Nadu and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 July 2026 in W.P.Crl.(MD) No.3809 of 2026, the Madras High Court (Coram: L. Victoria Gowri, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Alangulam; Sub-Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Alangulam, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: TN 76 CW 0006
- Case reference: W.P.Crl.(MD) No.3809 of 2026 / 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 338
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: L. Victoria Gowri, J.), 16 July 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Alangulam; Sub-Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Alangulam
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961; the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Nevertheless, the lapse committed by respondents 2 and 3 cannot be ignored, since their failure to register a case despite allegations disclosing cognizable offences resulted in avoidable hardship and prejudice to the petitioner.” (at para 12)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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://s3.courtbook.in/2026/07/p_p_a_v_state_of_tamil_nadu_others.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0053)

**Record:** CW-2026-0053 (compiler id CWC-0868); case GAP2-40-004
**Title:** Alangulam Man vs State of Tamil Nadu and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: L. Victoria Gowri
**Case number / citation:** W.P.Crl.(MD) No.3809 of 2026 / 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 338
**Judgment:** 2026-07-16 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2026-04-18 (2026)
**Place:** Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu; city town: Alangulam; police station or unit: All Women Police Station, Alangulam; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Dowry Prohibition Act 1961; BNS
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Alangulam; Sub-Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Alangulam (2 in record)
**Victims:** Alangulam man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. Justice L. Victoria Gowri held the Inspector and Sub-Inspector of AWPS Alangulam guilty of serious dereliction of statutory duty for closing a dowry complaint disclosing cognizable offences through a private part-refund settlement instead of registering an FIR. The court ordered each officer to pay Rs.1,00,000 compensation personally to the complainant by 24 July 2026 (Rs.2,00,000 total), declaring it final public-law accountability. Since the officers showed remorse and had undergone ten days suspension, the court permitted revocation of suspension and barred further departmental proceedings on the same matter. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Nevertheless, the lapse committed by respondents 2 and 3 cannot be ignored, since their failure to register a case despite allegations disclosing cognizable offences resulted in avoidable hardship and prejudice to the petitioner.

**Sources (3):** [s3.courtbook.in](https://s3.courtbook.in/2026/07/p_p_a_v_state_of_tamil_nadu_others.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madras-high-court/police-pay-compensation-closing-dowry-complaint-not-registering-fir-542812); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/madras-hc-orders-two-women-cops-to-pay-1-lakh-each-for-trying-to-settle-dowry-dispute-instead-of-lodging-fir)
**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:** 12
**display title redacted:** Alangulam Man vs State of Tamil Nadu 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-07-16', '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 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 338', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://s3.courtbook.in/2026/07/p_p_a_v_state_of_tamil_nadu_others.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madras-high-court/police-pay-compensation-closing-dowry-complaint-not-registering-fir-542812', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/madras-hc-orders-two-women-cops-to-pay-1-lakh-each-for-trying-to-settle-dowry-dispute-instead-of-lodging-fir', '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:** HC held AWPS officers guilty of dereliction for closing dowry complaint; Rs.1L each personal compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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