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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Monday sentenced 4 brothers to beingness imprisonment successful a 2015 execution lawsuit successful Tirunelveli district.
The tribunal was proceeding the entreaty filed by Mariammal, the parent of the deceased Ponniah of Theneerkulam adjacent Thatchanallur. Palayamkottai constabulary registered a lawsuit against 4 brothers: Sakthivel, Esakkimuthu alias Kumar, Samadurai alias Chinnadurai and Marimuthu alias Mari for the execution of Ponniah.
All of them were autorickshaw drivers of the aforesaid locality. There was immoderate erstwhile enmity betwixt the brothers and Ponniah regarding parking of autorickshaws successful a peculiar place. The Fourth Additional Sessions Court successful Tirunelveli acquitted the accused. Challenging the proceedings tribunal judgment, the entreaty was filed.
A Division Bench of Justices P. Velmurugan and R. Poornima observed that a speechmaking of the proceedings tribunal judgement would amusement that overmuch value was fixed lone to definite contradictions and discrepancies.
The tribunal observed that it is simply a settled proposition of instrumentality that specified defect successful probe is not a sole crushed for acquitting the accused.
When the witnesses person intelligibly spoken astir the overt enactment and besides the motive with circumstantial corroboration, the proceedings tribunal ought to person considered the materials.
From the grounds it is wide that owed to erstwhile motive, the accused waylaid the deceased with an volition to origin his death. They attacked him brutally with deadly weapons and committed offences nether assorted Sections of IPC, including murder, the tribunal observed.
Reversing the proceedings tribunal judgment, the tribunal sentenced the 4 brothers to beingness imprisonment and imposed a good of ₹2,500 each.
