judges said that the police had failed to obtain CCTV footage from the ATMs and hence it would be difficult to accept the theory of the police, especially when it was their own case that the prime accused was an agriculturist and also the owner of a tourist cab. As far as the five assailants were concerned, the judges concluded that they were guilty because of their fatal overt acts. [6/23, 08:58] Sekarreporter 1: RT.No.3/2017 & Crl.A.Nos.162 to 165 & 183/2018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Reserved on: 18.03.2020 Delivered on: 22.06.2020 CORAM THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE M.SATHYANARAYANAN AND THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE M.NIRMAL KUMAR Referred Trial No.3 of 2017 and Crl.A.Nos.162 to 165 of 2018 and 183 of 2018 Crl.A.Nos.162 to 165 of 2018
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[6/23, 08:56] Sekarreporter 1: [6/23, 08:55] Sekarreporter 1: [6/23, 08:30] Sekarreporter 1: https://twitter.com/sekarreporter1/status/1275261704947945475?s=08 [6/23, 08:30] Sekarreporter 1: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/failure-to-prove-conspiracy-led-to-acquittal-of-kowsalyas-father/article31894196.ece/amp/ [6/23, 08:55] Sekarreporter 1: judges said that the police had failed to obtain CCTV footage from the ATMs and hence it would be difficult to accept the theory of the police, especially when it was their own case that the prime accused was an agriculturist and also the owner of a tourist cab. As far as the five assailants were concerned, the judges concluded that they were guilty because of their fatal overt acts. [6/23, 08:58] Sekarreporter 1: RT.No.3/2017 & Crl.A.Nos.162 to 165 & 183/2018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Reserved on: 18.03.2020 Delivered on: 22.06.2020 CORAM THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE M.SATHYANARAYANAN AND THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE M.NIRMAL KUMAR Referred Trial No.3 of 2017 and Crl.A.Nos.162 to 165 of 2018 and 183 of 2018 Crl.A.Nos.162 to 165 of 2018 1.Chinnasamy … Appellant in Crl.A.No.162/2018 /A1 2.Jagatheesan 3.Manikandan 4.Selvakumar 5.Kalithamilvaanam @ Tamil @ Kalai 6.Mathan @ Michael … Appellants in Crl.A.No.163 of 2018 /A4 to A8 7.Dhanraj @ Tamil @ Stephen Shanraj … Appellant in Crl.A.No.164 of 2018 / A9 8.Manikandan … Appellant in Crl.A.No.165 of 2018 /A11 Vs The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Udumalpet Sub Division, Udumalpet. … Respondent in all Crl.As. 1/311 [6/23, 08:59] Sekarreporter 1: RT.No.3/2017 & Crl.A.Nos.162 to 165 & 183/2018 For Appellants Crl.A.No.162 of 2018 (A1) : Mr.V.Karthick, Senior Counsel assisted byMrs.AL.Gandhimathi Crl.A.Nos.163 & 164 of 2018 : Mr.AR.L.Sundaresan, Sr. Counsel (A4 to A8) (A9) assisted byMrs.AL.Gandhimathi Crl.A.No.165 of 2018 (A11) : Mr.C.T.Murugappan Crl.A.No.183 of 2018 : Mr.C.Emalias, Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr.R.Prathap Kumar, Additional Public Prosecutor. For Respondents in R.T.No.3 of 2017 & Crl.A.Nos.162 to 165/2018 & Appellant in Crl.A.NO.183/2018 : Mr.C.Emalias, Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr.R.Prathap Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor For R1 in Crl.A.No.183 of 2018 : Mr.R.Nagasundaram For R2 in Crl.A.No.183 of 2018 : Mr.C.R.M.Prabhu For R3 in Crl.A.No.183 of 2018 : Mr.N.Manoharan COMMON JUDGMENT M.SATHYANARAYANAN, J. The Reference in R.T.No.3 of 2017 is made by the Court of Principal District and Sessions Judge, Tiruppur under Section 366 of the Code of Criminal Procedure [in short “CrPC”] seeking confirmation of capital punishment imposed upon A1- Chinnasamy, A4-Jagatheesan, A5-Manikandan, A6-Selvakumar, A7- 3/311