Police officials' involvement in illegal detention upheld despite jurisdictional claims, based on complainant identification and records.

(Order of the Court was made by Dr.G.Jayachandran J.)

1. This Writ Petition is filed, challenging the recommendation of the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission, holding that the 2nd Respondent herein, had been illegally detained for three days in connection with a matrimonial dispute and he had been forcibly made to sign a compromise note and to part away about 417 grams of gold.

2. The complaint to the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission was laid by the 2nd Respondent, making the above allegations and further placed on record to show that only after filing of the Habeas Corpus Petition before the High Court in HCP.No. 154 of 2026, the Thiru.Vi.Ka.Nagar Police Station had registered a case against him in Cr.No.248 of 2006, antedating the date of occurrence. The Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission, on verifying the records in the light of the complaint, had found that the 2nd Respondent had been detained in three different Stations between 07.02.2006 and 09.02.2006 and on filing of the Habeas Corpus Petition, the First Information Report in Cr.No.248 of 2006 was registered and forwarded to the Magistrate on 10.02.2006, as if the occurrence took place on 06.02.2006 and the First Information Report was registered immediately.

3. The Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission, on appreciating the evidence placed before it, had passed the following recommendation:-

a. The Government of Tamil Nadu shall make a payment of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh only) to the Complainant Thiru Pannalal Bohra, Son of Babulal Bohra within four weeks from the date of receipt of this order towards compensation for violation of human rights of the complainant Thiru Pannalal Bohra committed by the respondents.

b. After making such payment, the Government of Tamil Nadu, may recover a sum of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty five thousand only) from the 1st Respondent Thiru Sekar, the then Asst. Commissioner of Police, Peravllur Range, Chennai City Police, on 06.02.2006, now retired as per Tamil Nadu Pension rules, a sum of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty five thousand only) from the 2nd Respondent Thiru Naganathan, the then Inspector of Police, Thiruvi Ka Nagar Police Station, Chennai City Police, on 06.02.2006, a sum of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) from the 3^rd Respondent Thiru George Miller, the then Sub Inspector of Police, Thiru Vi Ka Nagar Police Station, Chennai City Police, on 06.02.2006, a sum of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) from the 4th Respondent Thiru Damodharan, the then Sub Inspector of Police, Thiru Vi Ka Nagar Police Station, Chennai City Police, on 06.02.2006 now retired as per Tamil Nadu Pension rules.”

4. The learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the Writ Petitioners would submit that the complaint had been made to the Tamil Nadu Human Rights Commission. The case of the 2^nd Respondent is substantially different. In so far as the first Writ Petitioner is concerned, he was not even attached to Thiru.Vi.Ka. Nagar Police Station and, therefore, the complaint is a vexatious one.

5. Out of four Police Officials, who had been indicted by the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission, two are before us, stating that they were not involved in the said illegal detention and not in charge of the Thiru.VI.Ka.Nagar Police Station.

6. On perusing the records, we also find that the presence of both the Writ Petitioners, at the time of securing the complainant from his house and forcibly extorting a compromise note and redemption of the jewels from the 2^nd Respondent had been mentioned in the complaint as well as in the evidence. That apart, it is contended that the first Writ Petitioner, George Miller, was not attached to Thiru.Vi