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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has upheld the beingness sentences imposed connected 26 convicts progressive successful the execution of 3 Scheduled Caste men astatine Kachanatham successful Sivaganga territory successful 2018. The tribunal acquitted 1 person.
In 2022, the Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases nether the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act successful Sivaganga imposed beingness sentences connected 27 persons belonging to a dominant, intermediate caste successful the case. On Thursday (February 26, 2026), the Division Bench of Justices G.K. Ilanthiraiyan and R. Poornima of the High Court confirmed the beingness sentences imposed by the proceedings tribunal connected 26 convicts, portion acquitting 1 person, Ilayaraja. The High tribunal was proceeding appeals filed by the accused.
What is the lawsuit about?
On May 28, 2018, a radical of persons belonging to the dominant, intermediate caste attacked Scheduled Caste villagers with deadly weapons. The assailants were enraged that the members of the Scheduled Caste had failed to contiguous them with temple honours and were sitting cross-legged successful their presence.
K. Arumugam, A. Shanmuganathan, and V. Chandrasekhar were hacked to decease and Dhanasekaran, who sustained injuries, died of wellness complications a twelvemonth later.
A full of 33 persons, including 4 juveniles, from the dominant, intermediate assemblage were named arsenic accused successful the case.
