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P.Kuppuraj vs State Rep. By
2024 Latest Caselaw 14927 Mad

Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 14927 Mad
Judgement Date : 2 August, 2024

Madras High Court

P.Kuppuraj vs State Rep. By on 2 August, 2024

Author: M.S.Ramesh

Bench: M.S. Ramesh

                                                                              Crl.A.Nos.383 & 892 of 2019

                                   IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

                                           Reserved on                09.07.2024
                                         Pronounced on               02.08.2024

                                                         CORAM :

                                   THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH
                                                   AND
                                  THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN

                                                Crl.A.Nos.383 & 892 of 2019


                     P.Kuppuraj                                   ... Appellant in Crl.A.No.383/2019

                     Dasthagir                                    ... Appellant in Crl.A.No.892/2019

                                                            Vs.

                     State rep. by,
                     The Inspector of Police,
                     Sevappettai Police Station,
                     Salem District.
                     (Crime No.194/2017)                          ... Respondent in both the appeals


                     Common Prayer: Criminal Appeals filed under Section 374(2) of the
                     Criminal Procedure Code to set aside the judgment passed by the learned
                     III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Salem in S.C.No.303 of 2017
                     dated 25.04.2019 and allow the Criminal Appeals.

                                  For Appellant in Crl.A.No.383/2019 : Mr.E.C.Ramesh

                                  For Appellant in Crl.A.No.892/2019 : Mr.R.Sankara Subbu


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                                         For Respondent          : Mr.E.Raj Thilak,
                                                                   Additional Public Prosecutor


                                                     COMMON JUDGMENT

M.S.RAMESH,J.

The first appellant herein is the first accused and the second

appellant is the second accused. The appellants have been convicted and

sentenced to the imprisonment, through the judgment of the learned III

Additional District and Sessions Judge, Salem passed in S.C.No.303 of

2017 dated 25.04.2019, in the following manner:-

                              Accused           Conviction                       Sentence
                                    A1     under Section 294(B) 3 months rigorous imprisonment;
                                                   IPC
                                             under Section 302     Life imprisonment along with a fine of
                                                                   Rs.1,000/- in default to undergo 3
                                                   IPC
                                                                   months rigorous imprisonment;

under Section 506(ii) 3 years rigorous imprisonment.

IPC A2 under Section 302 Life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs.1,000/- in default to undergo 3 IPC months rigorous imprisonment.

A3 – Umaiyaan @ Sakhinsa was acquitted from all the criminal charges.

The sentences of imprisonments were ordered to run concurrently for

both the appellants.

2. The aforesaid judgment of the Sessions Court is put under

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challenge by P.Kuppuraj/A1 in Crl.A.No.383 of 2019 and Dasthagir/A2

in Crl.A.No.892 of 2019. For the sake of convenience, the parties to the

appeals are addressed according to their rank in the Trial Court.

3. Since both the appeals arise out of a common judgment, these

appeals are disposed of jointly.

4. The case in brief is that owing to a wordy quarrel touching upon

the non-payment of a loan amount of Rs.15,000/- by the deceased

Srinivasan, Kuppuraj/A1, Dasthagir/A2 and Umaiyan @ Sakhinsa/A3

had brutally attacked Srinivasan with deadly weapons leading to his

death.

5.1. The prosecution's case before the Trial Court was that the

deceased Srinivasan had borrowed Rs.15,000/- from Kuppuraj/A1 about

6 months back, owing to which, there was enmity among them, which led

to the incident.

5.2. On 30.05.2017, at about 1.00 P.M., when P.W.1 and P.W.2

were consuming liquor behind Moongappadi Girls' Higher Secondary

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School, the deceased had also come there with one quarter liquor bottle.

At about 2 P.M., A1 to A3 also came there with liquor bottles. At that

time, A1 asked the deceased to return his Rs.15,000/-, due to which, a

wordy quarrel arose between them, resulting in exchange of bad and

filthy words.

5.3. Enraged over this, A1 assaulted the deceased Srinivasan with a

machete (aruval) on the right side of his neck. He then asked A2 to finish

him of and A2 took his knife and assaulted the deceased on the back of

his head. When A1 again assaulted the deceased, his knife had

accidentally cut the right thumb of A2. When the deceased started to run

from the scene, A3 had attacked on the back of his head with an iron rod.

When P.W.1 and P.W.2 went to stop the accused, A1 had caused a death

threat with his weapon to them.

5.4. While running, the deceased fell down under a peepal tree near

Kaliamman Temple. When P.W.1 and P.W.2 followed Srinivasan, they

found him dead in a pool of blood.

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5.5. P.W.1 had then called Murali – P.W.4 and informed him about

the incident. Thereafter, when P.W.1 lifted the deceased, the blood stuck

on P.W.1's lungi. Thereafter, P.W.1 and P.W.2 went to Shevapet Police

Station and gave a written complaint, based on which, an F.I.R. came to

be registered against all the accused for the offences under Sections

294(b), 302 and 506(ii) of IPC.

5.6. The Investigating Officer – P.W.19 had then conducted the

investigation and filed a final report against all the three accused for the

same offences. All the accused were produced before the learned Judicial

Magistrate No.3 and the copies of the final report and other documents

were served on them under Section 207 Cr.P.C. The case was then

committed to the Sessions Court, which was taken on file as S.C.No.303

of 2017. The Sessions Court had framed the charges against A1 for the

offences under Sections 294(b), 302 & 506(ii) of IPC and the charges for

the offences under Section 302 r/w. 34 and 506(ii) of IPC against A2 and

A3. When the incriminating portions of the charges were read over and

explained to all the accused, they denied the same as false and pleaded

that they were 'not guilty'.

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6. To prove the charges against the accused, the prosecution had

examined 19 witnesses namely P.W.1 to P.W.19 and marked Exs.P.1 to

P.37, apart from the material objects M.O.1 to M.O.19 before the Trial

Court. On the side of the defence, no oral or documentary evidences

were let in.

7.1. P.W.1 – Ranjithkumar and P.W.2 – Salaam are cousins of the

deceased and they were examined as eyewitnesses to the incident.

According to them, on 30.05.2017 at about 2.00 P.M., when both of them

were consuming liquor along with the deceased, behind Moongappadi

Girls' Higher Secondary School, A1 to A3 had also come there with their

liquor bottles. When A1 demanded the deceased to refund his

Rs.15,000/-, a wordy quarrel using bad language was exchanged between

them and consequently A1 to A3 attacked the deceased with deadly

weapons. The deceased while running from the scene of occurrence fell

down under the peepal tree near Kaliamman Temple and died on the spot.

P.W.1 had then given a complaint (Ex.P1) with the help of P.W.2 before

the Shevapet Police Station. Both their statements on the incident are

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cogent and corroborates with each other.

7.2. P.W.19 is the Investigating Officer, who went to the scene of

occurrence and recorded the statements of P.W.1 and P.W.2. He then

seized P.W.1's blood stained lungi (M.O.1); machete (M.O.2) used by A1;

knife (M.O.3) used by A2; iron knife (M.O.4) used by A3.

7.3. P.W.3 is the wife of the deceased, who speaks about the enmity

between the deceased and A1 with regard to non-payment of the loan

amount of Rs.15,000/- by the deceased and that she had gone to the scene

of occurrence, after she received a message from the deceased's uncle's

son Murali – P.W.4.

7.4. P.W.5 is the shop owner near Kaliamman temple, who saw the

deceased coming from the scene of occurrence and falling down under

the peepal tree.

7.5. P.W.6 – Varadaraj is the Village Administrative Officer, who

had gone to the scene of occurrence at 4.00 P.M. at the request of the

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Police. Therein, he had witnessed the Investigating Officer preparing the

observation mahazar (Ex.P2) at the place where the body of the deceased

was found. From there, the Investigating Officer had seized 2 copper

brandy bottles (M.O.5); 3 plastic tumblers (M.O.6); a piece of blood

stained cement floor (M.O.7); a piece of cement floor without blood

(M.O.8) under a seizure mahazar (Ex.P4).

7.6. Likewise, from the place where the body was found, he had

seized 2 pieces of cement floor with blood stain (M.O.9) and without

blood stain (M.O.10) under seizure mahazar. The blood stained lungi

(M.O.1) was seized under seizure mahazar (Ex.P6)

7.7. The Investigating Officer at the time of arresting A1 to A3 on

31.05.2017 at 2.10 P.M., had recorded the confession statement of A1, the

admitted portion of which was marked as Ex.P7. Likewise, the admitted

portion of confession statement of A2 was marked as Ex.P8. Based on

these confessions, he had seized a blood stained sandal colour shirt

(M.O.11) and blood stained blue jeans (M.O.12) of A1 and A2

respectively under Ex.P9. The knife used by A1 was already marked as

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M.O.3 and was seized under seizure mahazar (Ex.P10) and M.O.3 was

seized under Ex.P13.

7.8. P.W.8 – Kannan is the sign language interpreter who had

recorded the confession of A3, whose hearing and speech were impaired.

7.9. The body sent to the hospital for postmortem, was

accompanied by P.W.9 – Gunaseelan, who is the Head Constable and the

special report was marked as Ex.P11.

7.10. P.W.10 is the forensic science expert, who had issued the

viscera report (Ex.P12).

7.11. P.W.11 is also a forensic science expert, who had given the

medical analysis report (Ex.P13) and (Ex.P14) and as per the report,

blood was detected on items 1, 3 and 5 to 14 but not on items 2 and 4.

7.12. P.W.12 is the Doctor, who had recorded Accident Register

(Ex.P15) of A2.

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7.13. P.W.13 is the Doctor, who had conducted the postmortem and

requisition letters for conducting postmortem were marked as Ex.P16 and

the postmortem certificate as Ex.P17. As per Ex.P17, the following

antemortem injuries were found on the body of the deceased:-

“INJURIES:

1. CUT INJURY OVER RIGHT OF THE NECK M-

8X3X1 CMS IN THE MIDDLE ASPECT O/D CAROTID ARTERY ON THE RIGHT SIDE SEVERED CUT FRACTURE OF UNDERLYING CERVICAL VERTEBRA WITH EXTRAVASATION OF BLOOD, HYOID BONE-INTACT.

2. CUT INJURY OVER RIGHT SIDE TEMPORAL REGION OF THE SCALP M-3X1X1 CMS O/D HEAD :- SCALP- CONTUSION OVER THE OCCIPITAL REGION OF THE SCALP M-3X2X0.5 CMS, VAULT-INTACT, BRAIN-NORMAL, C/S NORMAL, BASE OF SKULL- INTACT O/D THORAX – RIBS - INTACT, HEART - NORMAL IN SIZE, C/S CHAMBERS – EMPTY, VALVES AND CORONARIES – NORMAL, LUNGS - NORMAL IN SIZE, C/S PALE.

O/D ABDOMEN :- STOMACH: CONTAINED 300 GMS OF PARTIALLY DIGESTED FOOD PARTICLES WITH FRUITY ODOUR, MUCOSA - C/S PALE, LIVER, SPLEEN,

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KIDNEYS - NORMAL IN SIZE, C/S PALE, BLADDER – EMPTY, PELVIS-INTACT.”

7.14. As per final opinion (Ex.P18), the cause of death of the

deceased was as follows:-

“The deceased would appear to have died of cut injury over the neck with evidence of consumption of Ethyl Alcohol.”

7.15. P.W.14 is the Head Constable who speaks about the

information received from the Doctor of the Government Hospital where

A2 was admitted as a medico legal case.

7.16. P.W.15 is the Sub Inspector of Police, who states that when he

went to inquire A2 at the hospital, he was informed that A2 had

discharged himself.

7.17. The complaint (Ex.P1) was registered by the Sub Inspector of

Police, Shevapet Police Station as an First Information Report – P.W.16,

in Crime No.194/2017 dated 30.05.2017.

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7.18. The statements of P.W.1 and P.W.2 under Section 164 Cr.P.C.

were recorded by the learned Judicial Magistrate – V, Salem – P.W.17.

The request given in this regard by the Investigating Officer was marked

as Ex.P20, the orders passed therein as Ex.P21 and the recording of the

voluntary confession statements as Ex.P22.

7.19. P.W.18 is the Doctor, who had registered the body at the

mortuary and issued Accident Register (Ex.P23).

7.20. P.W.19 is the Investigating Officer. During the course of the

investigation, the Investigating Officer on registration of the complaint,

had gone to the scene of occurrence and prepared observation mahazars

both at the scene of occurrence and at the place where the body of the

deceased was found, which were marked as Ex.P24 and Ex.P25

respectively. He had then conducted an inquest over the body of the

deceased and submitted the inquest report (Ex.P26). Thereafter, he had

sent the body for postmortem through P.W.9 under Form – 91 (Ex.P27).

The Deputy Superintendent of Police (FP), SDFP Bureau, Salem District,

had visited the occurrence place and recorded the crime scene visiting

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report (Ex.P28). Under Ex.P29 and Ex.P30, he had sent the material

objects seized from both the accused to the Court. The return of the

material objects and the redepositing of the same before the Judicial

Magistrate – III under Form-95 were marked as Exs.P31, P32 and P33.

Through a requisition letter (Ex.P34) of the Judicial Magistrate – III, the

seized articles were sent for medical analysis. The letter issued by the

finger print expert to the Investigating Officer, confirming the matching

of the chance print with the sample prints of A1, was marked as Ex.P35.

Ex.P36 is the report of the Medical Analyst, who confirmed that the

cement floor pieces with and without blood stains were similar to each

other. In the report of the Forensic Department (Ex.P37), some of the

material objects seized from P.W.1 and the accused, as well as the knife,

confirmed the blood therein as 'human'. However, the result of the

grouping test was declared as 'inconclusive'.

8. On an appreciation of oral and documentary evidences, as well

as the material objects produced before the Trial Court, both the first and

second accused were found guilty of the charges and were sentenced to

their respective imprisonments as already mentioned above.

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9. The learned counsels for the appellants submitted that the motive

for the occurrence has not been properly established by the prosecution.

It is further submitted that though the F.I.R. was registered on 30.05.2017

at 3.15 P.M., the same was sent to the Court of the Judicial Magistrate on

31.05.2017 at 5.30 A.M. only and hence, there is an unexplained delay. It

was also submitted that from the evidences let-in by P.W.1 and P.W.2

with regard to the manner in which A1 and A2 had inflicted the injuries,

there is no corresponding injury as seen from the medical evidence. In

view of all these serious infirmities, they sought for acquittal of both the

accused.

10. Per contra, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted

that this is a case which was directly witnessed by P.W.1 and P.W.2 and

therefore, when the accused had not discredited the statements of these 2

eyewitnesses, all other minor contradictions in the other evidences would

be immaterial. He further submitted that P.W.3 being the wife of the

deceased, had clearly spoken about the motive, touching upon the non-

payment of the loan amount and the enmity between A1 and the deceased

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for the past 6 months, which was also corroborated by P.W.1 and P.W.2.

In view of the same, it is incorrect on the part of the learned counsels for

the accused, to claim that the motive was not established in this case.

11. We have given our careful consideration to the submissions

made by the respective counsels and have perused the original records

relating to the case in hand.

12. This is a case where the occurrence was directly witnessed by

P.W.1 and P.W.2, who are the nephews of the deceased. According to

their oral testimonies, both of them had purchased liquor bottles on

30.05.2017 and started drinking at about 1.00 P.M., behind Moongappadi

Girls' Higher Secondary School. They further stated that at about 2.00

P.M., all the three accused had come there carrying liquor bottles and

started to drink. At that time, A1 started demanding the loan amount of

Rs.15,000/- from the deceased, which resulted in a wordy quarrel with

exchange of bad words. Both P.W.1 and P.W.2 have stated that A1 had

first attacked the deceased with a machete on the right side of his neck

and A2 attacked with a knife on the backside of the head. They also

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speak about the injury caused on the right thumb of A2, while A1

attacked the deceased. After the attack, the deceased started running by

covering his wound on the neck with his hand and thereafter, fell down

under a peepal tree near Kaliamman temple and this fact was also

cogently spoken to by both P.W.1 and P.W.2. The fact that P.W.1 had

called P.W.4 and informed him about the incident was also narrated by

them. When they found the deceased to have died, both P.W.1 and P.W.2

together had gone to the Police Station and the statement of P.W.1 was

reduced to writing by P.W.2 in the complaint (Ex.P1) and given to the

Police. This fact also stands corroborated in their statements.

13. Thus, the presence of both P.W.1 and P.W.2 in the scene of

occurrence and their witnesses to the attack caused by A1 and A2 has

been cogently narrated by them, which according to us, are convincing

and inspires confidence in their testimonies. When the fact of the

presence of P.W.1 and P.W.2 and their witness to the occurrence has been

established through their oral testimonies, the defence has failed to

elucidate any contra statements from them to disprove or discredit their

version, so as to reject their testimonies. Thus, we are of the affirmed

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view that the evidences of P.W.1 and P.W.2, who are the eyewitnesses

inspires confidence and is impeachable, insofar as it relates to the overt

acts attributed to both the accused. We find no reason to disbelieve their

testimonies.

14. The learned counsels for the appellants attempted to discredit

the testimonies of P.W.1 and P.W.2 by stating that there are no

corresponding injuries on the body of the deceased as per their evidences.

15. From the evidence of P.W.13 – Postmortem Doctor read with

postmortem report (Ex.P17), it could be seen that 2 cut injuries, one over

the right side of neck measuring 8x3x1 cms and a cut fracture of

underlying cervical vertebra was found on the body of the deceased.

Another cut injury over right side temporal region of the scalp measuring

3x1x1 cms, was also spoken by him. Both P.W.1 and P.W.2 in their oral

testimonies speak about the cut injuries inflicted by A1 on the right side

of the neck and by A2 on the backside of the head of the deceased. These

injuries, in our view, corresponds to the overt acts attributed by P.W.1 and

P.W.2 on the manner in which A1 and A2 had inflicted the injuries. In

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view of the same, we are unable to accept the ground raised by the

learned counsels for the appellants in this regard.

16. The learned counsels for the appellants further submitted that

there was an unexplained delay in transmitting the F.I.R. to the Judicial

Magistrate's Court.

17. A perusal of the F.I.R. (Ex.P19) evidences that P.W.1's

complaint was registered on 30.05.2017 at 3.15 P.M. after the incident

had occurred at 2.00 P.M. on the same day. The F.I.R. seems to have been

received by the learned Judicial Magistrate at 5.30 A.M. of 31.05.2017.

P.W.16 is the Sub Inspector of Police, who had registered the F.I.R.

(Ex.P19). As per his statement, the F.I.R. was registered at 3.15 P.M. and

that at about 4.00 P.M., the Investigating Officer had come to the Police,

to whom he had handed over the F.I.R. Thereafter, he had sent the

express F.I.R. to the learned Judicial Magistrate. The learned Judicial

Magistrate appears to have received the same on the early hours of the

next day at 5.30 A.M. itself. Most of the delay in between, are during the

night hours. The manner in which the crime was reported before the

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Police immediately and the express F.I.R. also is claimed to have been

dispatched in the evening after 4.00 P.M., appears to be a reasonable

explanation and the delay in between, cannot be said as an inordinate

delay. Even otherwise, there are 2 eyewitnesses to the incident, whose

evidences stand unimpeachable. Even if there is a delay in sending the

F.I.R. to the learned Judicial Magistrate, it may not be of much

significance when the incident itself stands established.

18. In the case of 'Bhajan Singh & others Vs. State of Haryana'

reported in '(2011) 7 SCC 421', the Hon'ble Supreme Court had held that

not every delay in sending the report to the Magistrate would necessarily

lead to the inference that the F.I.R. has not been lodged at the time stated

or has been ante-timed or ante-dated or investigation is not fair and

forthright and that every such delay is not fatal unless prejudice to the

accused is shown.

19. Thus, the ground of delay raised by the learned counsels for the

appellants does not deserve consideration.

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20. It is also the submissions of the learned counsel for the

appellants that the motive to the incident has not been fully established by

the prosecution.

21. It is the case of the prosecution that a wordy quarrel took place

between A1 and the deceased when A1 had demanded return of

Rs.15,000/- from the deceased. P.W.1, as well as P.W.2 affirms about this

fact in their oral testimonies. P.W.3 is the wife of the deceased and

according to her, when both the family of the deceased and A1 were in a

cordial relationship, A1 had lent Rs.15,000/- to the deceased. She further

states that when the deceased did not return the money, there arose

enmity between both the families and they were not in talking terms for

the past 6 months. The defence could not elucidate any contra statements

touching upon the relationships between the families of A1 and the

deceased or discredit the statements of P.W.3, as well as that of P.W.1 and

P.W.2. In the absence of any contrary statements made with regard to the

non-payment of the loan amount of Rs.15,000/- by the deceased to A1, as

well as the estranged relationship between both the families, the only

conclusion this Court is arrived at from the oral testimonies of these 3

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witnesses, that the incident did occur owing to the previous enmity

between A1 and the deceased, owing to which, a quarrel arose in the

scene of occurrence. It is also the case of the prosecution that, as seen

from the evidence of P.W.1 and P.W.2, after the wordy quarrel, A1 had

asked to finish off the deceased and accordingly, A2 had also inflicted the

knife injuries on him. Even in the complaint (Ex.P1) given by P.W.1, he

has spoken about the wordy quarrel between A1 and the deceased.

Though, motive may not be a vital aspect to disprove the case of the

prosecution when there are 2 eyewitnesses to the incident and whose

testimonies are unimpeachable, the prosecution has established and

attributed the aspect of motive also on the accused for the incident. In

view of the same, this ground raised by the learned counsels for the

appellants also does not deserve consideration and the Trial Court had

rightly convicted the appellants for the offence under Section 302 IPC.

22. The Trial Court had convicted both the accused for the offences

under Sections 294(b) and 506(ii) of IPC. From the evidences of P.W.1

and P.W.2, it is seen that when both the accused came to the scene of

occurrence for consuming liquor, A1 had abused the deceased with dirty

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words while demanding return of his money. Likewise, after inflicting

the knife injuries on the deceased, when P.W.1 and P.W.2 had attempted

to reach out to the deceased, both A1 and A2 had threatened them with

their knives, stating that they would kill them also, if they make any

noise.

23. As already stated, the oral testimonies of both P.W.1 and P.W.2

inspires confidence. Thus, when the eyewitnesses have clearly narrated

the incident and spoken about the dirty words used by A1, the conviction

against him for the offence under Section 294(b) of IPC, stands

substantiated. Likewise, since both A1 and A2 had caused death threat to

P.W.1 and P.W.2, it can be said that the prosecution has established the

offence under Section 506(ii) of IPC also against both these accused.

Hence, the findings of the Trial Court with regard to the guilt of the

accused for these two offences, does not require interference.

24. In the result, we do not find any merits in the grounds raised by

both the learned counsels for the appellants and hence, both the Criminal

Appeals stand dismissed.



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                                            [M.S.R.,J.]       [S.M.,J.]
                                                     02.08.2024

                     Index:Yes
                     Speaking order
                     Internet:Yes
                     Neutral Citation:Yes

                     Sni





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                     To

1.The III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Salem.

2.The Inspector of Police, R7, K.K.Nagar Police Station, Chennai – 600 078.

3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.

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M.S.RAMESH, J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

Sni

common judgment made in Crl.A.Nos.383 & 892 of 2019

02.08.2024

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