Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

Police stations named in these records

• Airport 1
• All Women 1
• Edamalaipattiputhur 1
• Lalgudi 1
• Manapparai 1
• Railway 1
• Siruganur 1
• Srirangam 1
• Thottiam 1
• Uraiyur 1

High Court and Supreme Court findings 5

• Government of Tamil Nadu v. P. Amaravathi High Court / Supreme Court · 26 June 2025 · Rs 10.5 lakh (Rs 10,50,000) ordered
  The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Tiruchirappalli man was picked up from his residence for interrogation around 5 a.m. on 5 April 1995 by Inspector, [name withheld] and other police officials, and died the same day; the pos…
• Tiruchirappalli Man vs State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. High Court / Supreme Court · 3 March 2017 · Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000) ordered
  The Madras High Court (Madurai) held that S. Indra's husband [name withheld], detained by the Trichy Railway Police in a cell-phone theft case (Crime No.67 of 2007), died while in the custody of the Inspector of Police, Railway Police Station, Tiruchirappalli …
• Tiruchirappalli Man v. State of Tamil Nadu \& Ors. High Court / Supreme Court · 23 April 2010 · Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000) ordered
  The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Tiruchirappalli man, a retired Fire Officer, was picked up on 4 January 2008 and illegally detained at Edamalaipattiputhur police station, where he was beaten with lathis with his hands tie…
• T. vs State of Tamil Nadu and Others High Court / Supreme Court · 29 November 2005 · Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000) ordered
  A Division Bench of the Madras High Court enhanced the compensation awarded to Dalit agricultural laborer the complainant and her husband [name withheld] from Rs 75,000 to Rs 5,00,000 for custodial rape and illegal confinement by a Sub-Inspector in July 1989. …
• Vaiyampatti Man vs State of Tamil Nadu and Ors. High Court / Supreme Court · 9 September 1998 · Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,45,000) ordered
  The Madras High Court (P. Sathasivam, J.) allowed a public interest writ petition over the events of 13 December 1989 at Vaiyampatti, where a Vaiyampatti man, picked up for interrogation in a theft complaint, was found hanging from a tree inside the police sta…

Trial-court convictions 11

• State (DVAC) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Sub-Inspector of Police and others Trial-court conviction · 23 July 2026
  The DVAC press note states [name withheld], Sub-Inspector of Police, Manapparai P.S., demanded Rs.1,500 from complainant, a Tiruchirappalli resident, for releasing him on bail and sending his motorcycle for MV inspection in an accident case, was trapped accept…
• State (DVAC) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Special Sub-Inspector of Police and others Trial-court conviction · 29 April 2026
  The DVAC press note (Tamil) states SSI of Fort Crime P.S., [name withheld] demanded Rs.1,500 from complainant [name withheld] to register an FIR on his shop break-in complaint, was trapped accepting it on 01.08.2009, and was convicted and sentenced by the Spec…
• State (DVAC) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Inspector of Police Trial-court conviction · 28 March 2023
  The DVAC press note states former Inspector of Siruganur P.S. demanded Rs.6,000 from farmer [name withheld] for booking a simple charge in a hurt case and releasing him on station bail, was trapped on 01.11.2006 in Cr.No.15/2006, and was convicted by Special J…
• State (DVAC) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Inspector of Police and others Trial-court conviction · 10 November 2022
  The DVAC press note (Tamil) states Inspector of Airport P.S., [name withheld] phoned complainant [name withheld] on 11.08.2009 demanding Rs.5,000 to close a case against him favourably, was trapped accepting it, and was convicted on 10.11.2022. Court discrepan…
• State (DVAC) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Head Constable (No.1495) Trial-court conviction · 29 November 2021
  The DVAC official 'Convicted Cases [2021-2022]' list states that Head Constable 1495 of Srirangam Police Station, Trichy District, was convicted on 29.11.2021 and sentenced to 2 years RI plus 2 years RI with Rs.1,000 fines by the Special Judge, Special Court f…
• State (DVAC , Cr.No.11/2012) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Deputy Superintendent of Police (A1) and others Trial-court conviction · 27 September 2019
  The DVAC 'Convicted Cases' official list records that the DSP, Lalgudi Sub-Division (A1) and the SI of Lalgudi P.S. (A2), [name withheld] were convicted on 27.09.2019 by the Special Court for PC Act cases, [name withheld] in Spl.C.C.No.16/2014. Pre-trial court…
• State (DVAC) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Head Constable Trial-court conviction · 16 November 2012
  The DVAC official 'Convictions during 2012-13' list states that a Head Constable, Lalgudy, [name withheld], was convicted on 16.11.2012 and sentenced to 4 years RI with a Rs.10,000 fine by the Special Court, Trichy. Note: a same-station 2012 conviction of HC (…
• State (DVAC) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Police Constable Grade-I Trial-court conviction · 27 September 2012
  The DVAC official 'Convictions during 2012-13' list states that a Police Constable-I, Thillai Nagar, [name withheld], was convicted on 27.09.2012 and sentenced to 18 months RI with a Rs.3,000 fine by the Special Court, Trichy. The list does not publish the off…
• State (V&AC Tiruchirappalli) v. S. Viswam (A1) & Ors — S.C.No.32 of 2011 Trial-court conviction · 2012
  The Tiruchirappalli Special Court for PC Act cases convicted Head Constable S. Viswam of Lalgudi police station (A1) for demanding a Rs.3,000 bribe to release a milk van seized after a 12 June 2003 accident near Lalgudi and to issue the Motor Vehicle Inspector…
• State (V&AC , Crime No.14 of 2000) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Head Constable Trial-court conviction · 29 November 2007
  The CJM/Special Judge, Tiruchirappalli on 29 November 2007 convicted Head Constable of the Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Thiruverumbur Unit, for demanding a monthly mamool of Rs.1,000 from reformed brewer a Tiruchirappalli man under threat of foisting a prohib…
• State (V&AC Tiruchy, Crime No.15/2002) v. Tiruchirappalli Police Head Constable (A1) Trial-court conviction · 22 November 2007
  The CJM Tiruchirappalli on 22 November 2007 convicted Head Constable of Thottiam police station (A1) for accepting a Rs.2,000 bribe in a 12 August 2002 V&AC trap to issue a Motor Vehicle Inspector requisition letter and release a van driver on bail after a roa…

Charged, not convicted 3

• Charged, not convicted 15 September 2023
  Tamil Nadu's Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption reported that it trapped and arrested a Deputy Superintendent of Police of District Crime Branch, Trichy, Tiruchirappalli district, on 15 September 2023 while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1,00,000 for not taking any action against the complainant in a criminal case. This is an allegation: an arrest in a trap is not a conviction, and the officer is presumed innocent unless a court finds otherwise.
• Charged, not convicted 17 July 2023
  Tamil Nadu's Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption reported that it trapped and arrested a Sub-Inspector of Police of Anti-Vice Squad, Trichy City, Tiruchirappalli district, on 17 July 2023 while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000 for not acting on a complaint and not registering a Goondas Act case against the complainant, who ran an Ayurvedic spa. This is an allegation: an arrest in a trap is not a conviction, and the officer is presumed innocent unless a court finds otherwise.
• Charged, not convicted 13 December 2022
  Tamil Nadu's Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption reported that it trapped and arrested a Inspector of Police of All Women Police Station, Lalgudi, Tiruchirappalli district, on 13 December 2022 while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 for filing the charge sheet in the complainant's case. This is an allegation: an arrest in a trap is not a conviction, and the officer is presumed innocent unless a court finds otherwise.