The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. On the night of 23.1.2004, local police led by Inspector with CRPF men led by Subedar raided the quarters of widower an Avadi man during a birthday dinner, abused and assaulted him, and dragged petitioner [name withheld], a postgraduate teacher, by her hair into a jeep, outraging her modesty. Both families with children were kept at F2 Tank Factory Police Station till 2 a.m. and freed without enquiry, and the incident was widely published, causing the petitioner public disgrace. The Court held the CrPC does not permit taking a woman to a police station at midnight for questioning and that moral policing and snooping into private affairs are unlawful. It directed CRPF respondents 2 and 3 to pay Rs.5,00,000 compensation within eight weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
This page documents a court-adjudicated case from the judgment and cited sources below. Findings are attributed to the court; this record does not add findings of its own.
How verification works →By judgment dated 27 April 2010 in W.P. No.14781 of 2004, the Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Subedar Major (Inspector of Police), GC, CRPF, Avadi, Chennai; Inspector of Police, Muthapudhupet, Incharge F2 Tank Factory Police Station, Avadi; Head Constable, Muthapudhupet, F2 Tank Factory Police Station, Avadi, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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The Madras High Court judgment dated 27 April 2010 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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.
Holding not recorded separately.
“That there was a complaint from neighbours was not borne out by records and the assault and outraging the modesty of the petitioner and public humiliation heaped on her is not denied by any counter affidavit either by the State …” (para 33)
The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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