The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Neyveli man was arrested on 28 October 2020 by Neyveli police in a chain-snatching case, kept in illegal custody and beaten/tortured until production before the Magistrate on 30 October 2020, remanded, and died in hospital on 4 November 2020 while in judicial custody. The SHRC (10 August 2022) held illegal custody and torture proved and awarded Rs.5 lakh to his wife with recovery from nine police personnel plus disciplinary and prosecution recommendations. The Division Bench confirmed the compensation, the recovery (Rs.3 lakh from the Inspector, Rs.25,000 each from the other eight) and the disciplinary-action direction, holding the arrest-to-production gap a clear case of illegal confinement violating Article 22(2). It set aside only the criminal-prosecution direction, accepting on post-mortem and investigation-wing evidence that the death stemmed from epilepsy and coronary disease and ordered disbursal within three 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 1 March 2024 in W.P. Nos. 10049 and 21737 of 2023, W.P. No. 32935 of 2022, the Madras High Court (Coram: S. S. Sundar, G. Arul Murugan, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 9 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Neyveli Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Police Station, Cuddalore District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Parangipettai Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Umangalam Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Thermal Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Umangalam Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Neyveli Thermal Police Station, Cuddalore District; Head Constable, Mantharakuppam Police Station, Cuddalore District, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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The Madras High Court judgment dated 1 March 2024 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.
“Clause 21(1) and Clause 21(2) of the impugned order of SHRC, regarding payment of compensation, consequential recovery from 1st to 9th respondents and the direction to initiate the disciplinary action are confirmed.” (para 26(i))
The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
No published follow-up check has been recorded for this incident.
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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