State (CB-CID) v. Madurai Police Inspector of Police (A-1) and others
The Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai (SC No. 289 of 2021, CB-CID Crime No. 2/2019) on 26 September 2025 convicted an inspector, a special sub-inspector, a head constable and a grade-I constable of the S.[name withheld] Crime Branch for illegally detaining [name withheld] theft suspect [name withheld] across three stations from 13 to 16 January 2019 and torturing him so brutally that he died of renal injuries and cardiopulmonary arrest on 24 January 2019, with 25 ante-mortem contusions found at the post-mortem conducted after exhumation. Each was sentenced to 10 years RI under section 304(ii) plus one year under section 343. The four names ([name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld]) and ranks are as arrays in the Madras High Court suspension order of 13 July 2026 (Justice B. Pugalendhi), which notes appeals stand admitted; the order body says IV ADJ Court while the petition prayer says V ADJ Court.
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
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By judgment dated 26 September 2025, the Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai (IV ADJ per order body; SC No. 289 of 2021) convicted 4 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police (A-1), Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai; Special Sub-Inspector of Police (A-2; name-rank mapping follows petition order), Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai; Head Constable (A-3; name-rank mapping follows petition order), Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai; Police Constable Grade-I (A-4; name-rank mapping follows petition order), Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai.
- Register number
- TN 57 CW 0028
- Case reference
- SC No. 289 of 2021 (CB-CID Crime No. 2/2019); reported in the judgment of the V Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai
- Court and date
- The Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai (IV ADJ per order body; SC No. 289 of 2021), 26 September 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Inspector of Police (A-1), Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai; Special Sub-Inspector of Police (A-2; name-rank mapping follows petition order), Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai; Head Constable (A-3; name-rank mapping follows petition order), Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai; Police Constable Grade-I (A-4; name-rank mapping follows petition order), Crime Branch, S.S. Colony Police Station, Madurai
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 343 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The post-mortem conducted after exhumation revealed as many as twenty five ante-mortem injuries on his body. The deceased appears to have died due to custodial torture inflicted.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 10 years RI + Rs 10,000 fine each under section 304(ii) and 1 year RI + Rs 2,000 fine each under section 343 (11 years total as reported)
- Present status of the proceedings
- An appeal is pending; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai (IV ADJ per order body; SC No. 289 of 2021) convicted the accused police personnel on 26 September 2025. An appeal is pending; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 10 years RI + Rs 10,000 fine each under section 304(ii) and 1 year RI + Rs 2,000 fine each under section 343 (11 years total as reported)
Sections: IPC 343; IPC 304 Part II
Appeal status
Appeal pending. Appeal text