State (CBCID) v. Cuddalore Police Sub-Inspector (A-1) and others
The Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court No. III), Vridhachalam, in a common judgment dated 31 May 2004 in SC Nos. 183 of 1995 and 150 of 1997 (CBCID Crime No. 5 of 1994), convicted an SI, two constables and an Inspector of Kammapuram police station for picking up burglary suspect [name withheld] (Kurava community, Mudhanai village) and eight of his relatives between 20 and 22 March 1993, illegally detaining and lathi-beating them in the station — [name withheld] was stripped, tied to a window and beaten black and blue on 22 March 1993 in front of his wife who had brought food — killing him that afternoon, dumping his naked body near Kuruvallappar Koil (passed off as an unidentified 304A death), and fabricating an escape story with a man-missing entry. A-1 and A-2 received life terms for murder. The Madras High Court (Justices R. Balasubramanian and A.C. Arumugaperumal Adityan, Crl.A. Nos. 735, 738 of 2004, 4 December 2006) confirmed the murder, confinement, hurt and evidence convictions of A-1 and A-2 (converting 302/120-B/34 to 302/34 and 324 to 323, sentences maintained), while acquitting A-3 of sections 331/326/354 (convicting him under section 323 with admonition under the Probation of Offenders Act) and dismissing the [name withheld] appeal against A-6's acquittal.
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 31 May 2004, the Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court No. III), Vridhachalam (SC Nos. 183/1995 & 150/1997) convicted 4 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector (A-1), Kammapuram Police Station, Cuddalore; Police Constable (A-2), Kammapuram Police Station, Cuddalore; Police Constable (A-3), Kammapuram Police Station, Cuddalore; Inspector of Police (A-5; accepted conviction, no appeal), Kammapuram Police Station, Cuddalore.
- Register number
- TN 31 CW 0004
- Case reference
- SC Nos. 183 of 1995 & 150 of 1997
- Court and date
- The Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court No. III), Vridhachalam (SC Nos. 183/1995 & 150/1997), 31 May 2004
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector (A-1), Kammapuram Police Station, Cuddalore; Police Constable (A-2), Kammapuram Police Station, Cuddalore; Police Constable (A-3), Kammapuram Police Station, Cuddalore; Inspector of Police (A-5; accepted conviction, no appeal), Kammapuram Police Station, Cuddalore
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 348 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 331 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 326 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 217 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 220 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Crl.A.Nos.735 and 738 of 2004 against the judgment and conviction dated 31.5.2004 made in S.C.No.183 of 1995 on the file of Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court No.3), Vridhachalam.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: A-1 and A-2: life imprisonment + Rs 2,000 fine each (302) plus separate sentences on confinement/hurt/evidence counts; A-3: various imprisonment terms (331/326/354); A-2 and A-5: fine only on 201/217/218 counts; A-4 (SI) and A-6 (Dr. Ramachandiran) acquitted
- 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.
Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court No. III), Vridhachalam (SC Nos. 183/1995 & 150/1997) convicted the accused police personnel on 31 May 2004. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: A-1 and A-2: life imprisonment + Rs 2,000 fine each (302) plus separate sentences on confinement/hurt/evidence counts; A-3: various imprisonment terms (331/326/354); A-2 and A-5: fine only on 201/217/218 counts; A-4 (SI) and A-6 (Dr. Ramachandiran) acquitted
Sections: IPC 302; IPC 34; IPC 120-B; IPC 342; IPC 348; IPC 330; IPC 323; IPC 324; IPC 331; IPC 326; IPC 354; IPC 201; IPC 218; IPC 217; IPC 220
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text