Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 2025 INSC 576
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CW-2025-0004Cuddalore, Tamil NaduJudgment 28 April 2025
Vriddhachalam Police Inspector vs The State by DSP
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals in the 2003 a Vriddhachalam woman-a Vriddhachalam man honour killing at Vriddhachalam, Cuddalore district, upholding the convictions of Sub-Inspector and Inspector, who knew of the double murder from 8 July 2003 but refused to register an FIR and, nine days later under pressure, manufactured extra-judicial confessions and chargesheeted four innocent Dalit family members of the victim alongside the real culprits to shield the dominant-caste accused. Calling Inspector the main architect of the false FIR and dishonest investigation, the Court upheld his life sentence under Sections 217-218 IPC and Sections 4 and 3(2)(i) of the SC/ST Act, and upheld [name withheld] conviction as modified by the High Court to two years rigorous imprisonment under Section 217 IPC and Section 4 of the SC/ST Act. Terming honour killing the ugly reality of the entrenched caste structure, the Court awarded Rs 5 lakh victim compensation to the father and step-mother of a Vriddhachalam man, payable by the State of Tamil Nadu. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 28 April 2025 in Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 1522 of 2023 and connected appeals, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Prashant Kumar Mishra, Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Inspector, Virudhachalam Police Station, Cuddalore; Sub-Inspector, Virudhachalam Police Station, Cuddalore, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- Register number
- TN 31 CW 0015
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 1522 of 2023 and connected appeals / 2025 INSC 576
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: Prashant Kumar Mishra, Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ.), 28 April 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Inspector, Virudhachalam Police Station, Cuddalore; Sub-Inspector, Virudhachalam Police Station, Cuddalore
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 217 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 3(2)(i) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; Section 4 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Evidence, as discussed earlier, makes it clear that [name withheld] manufactured the extra-judicial confessions and evidence and thereafter, filed the chargesheet against Dalits on the basis of that evidence.” (at para 74(b))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- Present status of the proceedings
- The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
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Current position
Judgment dated 28 April 2025. This judgment may still be subject to appeal; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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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.
“Evidence, as discussed earlier, makes it clear that [name withheld] manufactured the extra-judicial confessions and evidence and thereafter, filed the chargesheet against Dalits on the basis of that evidence.” (para 74(b))
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Institutional response
28 Apr 2025
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: 2025 INSC 576
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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.