The Madras High Court (P. Sathasivam, J.) allowed a public interest writ petition over the events of 13 December 1989 at Vaiyampatti, where a Vaiyampatti man, picked up for interrogation in a theft complaint, was found hanging from a tree inside the police station premises, and police firing on the protesting mob killed a Vaiyampatti man and injured nine others. The court held that the Vaiyampatti police officers alone were responsible for a Vaiyampatti man's custodial death, noting the Sub-Collector's enquiry and the Sessions Judge's observations. While accepting that the police firing itself was justified, the court enhanced the ex gratia relief, awarding Rs.1,00,000 to a Vaiyampatti man's widow, Rs.50,000 each to a Vaiyampatti man's parents, Rs.5,000 each to the nine injured, and Rs.1,000 costs, all payable within four weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 9 September 1998 in W.P. No. 10 of 1990, the Madras High Court (Coram: P. Sathasivam, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector (Crime), Manapparai; Sub-Inspector (Law & Order), Vaiyampatti Police Station; Grade I Police Constable 1682, Vaiyampatti Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,45,000).
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The Madras High Court judgment dated 9 September 1998 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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Holding not recorded separately.
“The fact remains that the Police Officers concerned in that Police Station were alone responsible for the death of a Vaiyampatti man” (para 9)
The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 245,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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