Madurai Man v. Inspector & Ors (illegal detention and custodial torture, Samayanallur 2003); CC No. 6/2004
The Principal District and Sessions Judge, Madurai, sitting as the Human Rights Court (CC No. 6/2004), convicted Inspector of Samayanallur police station for illegally detaining a Madurai man from 17 April 2003 — shuttling him between Kadupatti and Sholavandan stations without letting his family see him — and brutally beating him with a lathi all over his body, fracturing bones, while also seizing his mother and minor sister at 2 am on 21 April 2003. The court found he violated the victim's fundamental and human rights and sentenced him to a Rs 4,000 fine (Rs 3,500 compensation to the victim) under section 324 IPC read with section 30 of the Human Rights Act, in default one year's RI. The Madras High Court (2 July 2012, a Madurai man v. [name withheld]) relied on this conviction while noting the officer had since been promoted [name withheld] despite it.
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 in 2004, the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Madurai (Human Rights Court; CC No. 6/2004) convicted the Inspector of Police (Law & Order), Samayanallur Police Station, Madurai.
- Register number
- TN 57 CW 0002
- Case reference
- CC No. 6/2004; reported in the judgment of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Madurai (Human Rights Court)
- Court and date
- The Principal District and Sessions Judge, Madurai (Human Rights Court; CC No. 6/2004), 2004
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Inspector of Police (Law & Order), Samayanallur Police Station, Madurai
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 30 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “As the 5th respondent has been found to have committed the act of illegal detention and caused injuries, he is liable to pay the amount to the petitioner.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Fine of Rs 4,000 (Rs 3,500 to victim as compensation under section 357(1) CrPC), in default 1 year RI; departmental censure (2008)
- Present status of the proceedings
- The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Principal District and Sessions Judge, Madurai (Human Rights Court; CC No. 6/2004) convicted the accused police personnel on 2004. The conviction was upheld on appeal.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Fine of Rs 4,000 (Rs 3,500 to victim as compensation under section 357(1) CrPC), in default 1 year RI; departmental censure (2008)
Sections: IPC 324; Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 s.30
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal.