# State (CB-CID) v. Madurai Police Inspector of Police (A-1) and others

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Trial-court conviction (Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai (IV ADJ per order body; SC No. 289 of 2021); Sessions Court). Convicted 26 September 2025. Appeal status: Appeal pending.

## Summary

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.

## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/159422649/); [Appellate judgment](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/159422649/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w2-14-006)

## At a glance

- Category: Violence & unlawful detention
- Sub-category: custodial death
- Location: Madurai, Tamil Nadu
- Officers: 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
- 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)
- Verification: V2 · Trial court