Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: Crl.A.(MD) Nos. 222 and 223 of 2021
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CW-2024-0005Dindigul, Tamil NaduJudgment 19 March 2024
S. Thirumalai Muthusamy v. State; B. Ravichandran & Anr. v. State
Remove victim name 'soldier a Vadamadurai man' — judgment names no such victim; 'a Vadamadurai man' appears only as 'Mr.a Vadamadurai man, learned Additional Public Prosecutor' (paras 5/head). Deceased is consistently 'the deceased military personnel' (paras 2, 7). Reword to 'a soldier' / 'the deceased military personnel'. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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Report card
By judgment dated 19 March 2024 in Crl.A.(MD) Nos. 222 and 223 of 2021, the Madras High Court (Coram: K.K. Ramakrishnan, J.) affirmed the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: S. Thirumalai Muthusamy; B. Ravichandran; K. Ponram.
- Register number
- TN 57 CW 0024
- Case reference
- Crl.A.(MD) Nos. 222 and 223 of 2021
- Court and date
- Madras High Court (Coram: K.K. Ramakrishnan, J.), 19 March 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time
- S. Thirumalai Muthusamy; B. Ravichandran; K. Ponram
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 304 Part II/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 166 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Due to the egocentric attitude of the police officials, the deceased was brutally attacked by them and ultimately he died.” (at para 15)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 10 years.
- 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.
Current position
The Madras High Court judgment dated 19 March 2024 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
Custodial deathPrimary
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.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“Due to the egocentric attitude of the police officials, the deceased was brutally attacked by them and ultimately he died.” (para 15)
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Institutional response
19 Mar 2024
Order issued
ConcludedThe Madras High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: Crl.A.(MD) Nos. 222 and 223 of 2021
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Follow-up history
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.