Madras High Court
M.Mariappan vs The Superintendent Of Police on 26 June, 2025
Author: B.Pugalendhi
Bench: B.Pugalendhi
W.P.Crl.(MD)No.537 of 2025
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED : 26.06.2025
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI
W.P.Crl.(MD)No.537 of 2025
M.Mariappan ... Petitioner
Vs.
1.The Superintendent of Police,
Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.
2.The Inspector of Police,
Panagudi Police Station,
Tirunelveli District.
3.The Dean,
Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital,
High Ground Road, Palayamkottai,
Tirunelveli-627011.
4.The Head of the Department / Professor,
Department of Forensic Medicine,
Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital,
Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli-627011. ... Respondents
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to
perform the re-postmortem of the deceased Sermadurai by constituting a
team of doctors forthwith and record the entire proceedings from inception
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and upto complete the re-postmortem by video recording, based on the
representation dated 11.07.2025.
For Petitioner : Mr.C.Mayilvahana Rajendran,
for Mr.D.Dhamodharan
For R1 & R2 : Mr.E.Antony Sahaya Prabahar,
Additional Public Prosecutor.
For R3 & R4 : Mr.F.Deepak,
Special Government Pleader.
ORDER
The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking a direction to the respondents to perform the re-postmortem of the deceased Sermadurai by constituting a team of doctors forthwith and record the entire proceedings from inception and upto complete the re-postmortem by video recording, based on the representation dated 11.07.2025.
2.Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been served with postmortem report, viscera report and CCTV footage of the postmortem and therefore, he undertakes to take the dead body from the mortuary.
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3.Recording the above submission, this writ petition is closed. No costs.
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1.The Superintendent of Police, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.
2.The Inspector of Police, Panagudi Police Station, Tirunelveli District.
3.The Dean, Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital, High Ground Road, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli-627011.
4.The Head of the Department / Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital, Palayamkottai Tirunelveli-627011
5.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.
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