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The Special Court for the proceedings of cases registered nether the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act successful Coimbatore connected Friday (October 24, 2025) awarded treble beingness imprisonment to a antheral for murdering a workplace labourer belonging to a Scheduled Caste assemblage successful Coimbatore successful 2020.
Judge K. Vivekananthan awarded the punishment to S. Perumal, who worked successful a workplace adjacent Kuniyamuthur, for murdering Ayyar, besides a labourer successful different workplace connected Sundakamuthur Main Road.
According to the police, Perumal, who belonged to a Backward Class community, had borrowed ₹5,000 from Ayyar. They had a quarrel implicit the wealth astatine the workplace connected Sundakkamuthur Main Road connected May 17, 2020. Perumal assaulted Ayyar with a sickle, aft utilizing casteiest slurs, successful beforehand of the latter’s woman Mahadevi. Ayyar died astatine the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital 10 days later.
The tribunal recovered Perumal blameworthy and awarded beingness imprisonment for offence nether Section 302 (murder) of Indian Penal Code and a good of ₹1,000. It besides awarded him a 2nd beingness word for offence nether Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act work with 302 of IPC, on with a good of ₹1,000.
