CW-2007-0025Chennai, Tamil NaduJudgment 10 July 2007

Chennai Resident v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. the survivor, an 18-year-old transgender youth on bail with a daily-reporting condition at P-3 Vyasarpadi police station, was subjected to sustained physical and sexual torture by station personnel during his reporting visits. He self-immolated opposite the station on 12 June 2006 and died of burn injuries on 29 June 2006. Relying on the Registrar (Vigilance) enquiry report, fabricated general-diary entries, a tampered accident register and the dying declaration, the Division Bench held the suicide was solely in consequence of the conduct of respondents 4 to 8. It directed the State to pay Rs.5 lakhs compensation, ordered disciplinary action against the five policemen, and left the State free to recover the amount from them. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 10 July 2007 in W.A. No. 1130 of 2006 and W.P. No. 24160 of 2006, the Madras High Court (Coram: A. P. Shah, P. Jyothimani, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 5 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Sub-Inspector, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police personnel, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police personnel, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police Constable, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

Register number
TN 01 CW 0005
Case reference
W.A. No. 1130 of 2006 and W.P. No. 24160 of 2006 / (2007) 4 MLJ 849
Court and date
Madras High Court (Coram: A. P. Shah, P. Jyothimani, JJ.), 10 July 2007
Officer(s) at the material time
Sub-Inspector, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Sub-Inspector, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police personnel, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police personnel, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station; Police Constable, P-3 Vyasarpadi Police Station
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 226 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“only because of the conduct of respondents 4 to 8, the said [the survivor] has attempted to commit suicide and ultimately succumbed to the injuries on 29.06.2006” (at para 20)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Madras High Court judgment dated 10 July 2007 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial torturePrimary
Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“only because of the conduct of respondents 4 to 8, the said [the survivor] has attempted to commit suicide and ultimately succumbed to the injuries on 29.06.2006” (para 20)

Institutional response

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10 Jul 2007

Order issued

Concluded
Madras High Court External · Binding

The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: (2007) 4 MLJ 849
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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