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The Protection of Civil Rights (PCR) peculiar tribunal successful Thoothukudi connected Wednesday sentenced 3 men to triple beingness and different accused with treble beingness imprisonment for execution of a antheral successful Srivakuntam successful 2015.
In 2012, a lawsuit was registered astatine Srivaikuntam constabulary presumption nether Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act) aft K. Arumugaraja of Velur colony successful Srivaikuntam, was attacked with a machete and his parent was threatened with execution owed to anterior enmity. The accused progressive successful the transgression were identified arsenic V. Kasi, 42, K. Esakkimuthu, 36, E. Kannan alias Kannaperumal, 45, M. Siva alias Sivalingam, 34, C. Thalavai, 45 and P. Duraimuthu, 34, each from the aforesaid locality.
In 2015, portion Arumugaraja was contiguous successful Srivaikuntam locality, the aforesaid radical of accused but Kannan, again fatally attacked him with a machete. A execution lawsuit was registered astatine Srivaikuntam constabulary station.
Both cases were tried earlier PCR peculiar tribunal successful Thoothukudi.
After trial, P.V. Vasheeth Kumar, sessions judge, peculiar tribunal for proceedings cases nether SC&ST Act sentenced the accused arsenic follows: Esakkimuthu, Thalavai and Siva to triple beingness imprisonment with ₹13,000 good each, Kasi to treble beingness imprisonment with a good of ₹7,000.
Kannan has been sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment and imposed a good of ₹12,000 successful an effort to execution case.
Duraimuthu had died during the proceedings proceedings.
