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The Supreme Court connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) acceptable speech a 2024 Madras High Court determination acquitting the 9 accused persons successful the 2013 sensational execution of neurosurgeon S.D. Subbiah adjacent Billroth Hospital successful Raja Annamalaipuram successful Chennai.
A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and S.C. Sharma upheld the proceedings tribunal judgement of condemnation against the 9 accused, including P. Ponnusamy, his woman Mary Pushpam, their sons P. Basil and P. Boris.
The proceedings tribunal had sentenced 7 accused, including the begetter and the 2 sons, to decease for the execution successful Agust 2021. Ms. Pushpam and different accused were punished with a beingness word successful prison.
The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by elder advocator Siddharth Luthra and advocates MF Philip and Purnima Krishna, had moved the Supreme Court successful entreaty against the High Court’s acquittal of each 9 accused persons.
According to the prosecution, the neurosurgeon was attacked by a three-member gang, erstwhile helium was astir to get into his car parked connected the broadside of a roadworthy successful R.A Puram successful Chennai astatine astir 5 p.m. connected September 14, 2013. He suffered aggregate injuries and succumbed connected September 23, 2013.
After his death, the constabulary altered the charges successful the First Information Report (FIR) from Section 307 (attempt to murder) to Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and arrested 10 persons. The 10th idiosyncratic had turned approver.
The constabulary had concluded that Mr. Ponnusamy and his household members had engaged the pack to termination the neurosurgeon owed to a spot dispute.
