The Madras high court has said that the Witness Protection Scheme devised on the directions of the Supreme Court to give confidence to witnesses to come forward and assist law enforcement and judicial

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Witness protection scheme ineffective, says Madras HC
Kaushik Kannan | TNN | Sep 28, 2020, 04:44 IST
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Madurai: The Madras high court has said that the Witness Protection Scheme devised on the directions of the Supreme Court to give confidence to witnesses to come forward and assist law enforcement and judicial authorities has failed to yield the desired result. Though the system came into force in 2018 with full assurance of safety, it is still not providing confidence to witnesses to come out with the truth against the criminals.
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The court made the observations while confirming the conviction and sentence awarded to three people by the trial court in a murder case in Ramanathapuram district in 2014 despite all the eye witnesses turning hostile.
Padhakumar owns a bar along with a liquor shop at Poomalaivalasai village in the district. A person called Karthi who went to consume alcohol there picked up a quarrel with him and assaulted him. Irked over this, Padhakumar went to Karthi’s house and threatened his pregnant wife. Fearing consequences, she sent her husband Karthi to Kerala for work. When Karthi returned to his village after a few months to see his newborn child, Padhakumar along with his friends Alex Pandiyan and Mari murdered him.
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Kenikarai police registered a case and the Ramanathapuram additional district and sessions court convicted and sentenced the three to life imprisonment. Challenging the order of the trial court, the trio filed an appeal before HC Madurai bench.

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