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In a sensational lawsuit relating to the execution of AIADMK MLA and erstwhile Minister K. Sudarsanam successful Thanakulam colony adjacent Periyapalayam successful 2005, a Sessions Court connected Monday (November 24, 2025) pronounced 4 to 5 beingness imprisonments “consecutively” nether antithetic sections to 3 members of the Bawaria pack who were convicted for dacoity, murder, and possession of amerciable arms.
Pronouncing the last judgement successful the 20-year-old case, XV Additional Sessions Judge L. Abraham Lincoln sentenced the trio to beingness imprisonment and said they volition person to service them consecutively, meaning they volition walk the remainder of their beingness successful prison.
According to the prosecution, astir 2.30 a.m. connected January 8, 2005, an equipped pack descended connected the location of Sudarsanam astatine Thanakulam successful Tiruvallur territory adjacent Chennai. As 1 of them stood extracurricular holding a gun, the different members broke unfastened the beforehand doorway with an axe and began attacking the inmates with robust rods.
Sudarsanam’s son, Satish Kumar (28) was the archetypal to aftermath up, and helium was attacked. On proceeding their cries, Sudarsanam came down from his country and tried to forestall the six men from attacking his son. Sudarsanam was changeable with a single-barreled muzzle-loaded weapon and helium died connected the spot. Another lad Vijaykumar was locked up successful a room.
Sudarsanam, who rushed retired of his room, was changeable dormant with a single-barreled muzzle-loaded gun. The pack escaped with cash, jewels weighing 60 sovereigns and mobile phones. The pack leader, who positioned himself extracurricular the location guarding the scene, fired astatine the neighbours who gathered extracurricular the location upon proceeding the screams and chased them. They made a chill departure into the acheronian by boarding their lorry parked 1 kilometre distant from the scene, said the prosecution.
The peculiar teams under then Inspector General of Police, North S.R. Jangid unearthed the engagement of the Bawaria pack and constabulary arrested Ashok alias Laxaman first, and subsequently the others.
G. Sreenivasan, Additional Public Prosecutor, said: “In this case, 2 of the main accused, Oma alias Omprakash Bawaria and his member Boora, died owed to unwellness successful situation portion serving beingness imprisonment successful different transgression case. Only 4 accused were tried successful the court, portion 3 had absconded.”
D. Magarajan, Additional Public Prosecutor said, “ 66 witnesses were examined. 52 exhibits and 17 material objects, including 2 country made guns and 2 lorries were marked during the trial. The probe was done successful the due mode by the probe officers. It is simply a large accomplishment by the prosecution.”
On Monday (November 24, 2025), 3 convicts — Jagadish, 68, alias Gunna, Rakesh alias Guddu, 55, of Haryana, and Ashok alias Laxman, 56, of Bharatpur district, Rajasthan — who person been serving beingness imprisonment successful different case, were brought to the tribunal analyzable from the situation amidst choky security. The 4th accused Jaildar Singh alias Lalimaster who was connected bail besides appeared earlier the court.
In a jam-packed court, the Judge Mr. Abraham Lincoln work retired the sentences to the men who were lasting successful the accused box. Later, an interpreter translated the substance of the condemnation successful Hindi to them.
As per the pronouncement, Jagadish volition person to acquisition a full of 4 beingness imprisonments for the offences — 3 beingness imprisonments for offence nether Section 397(Robbery oregon dacoity, with effort to origin decease oregon grievous hurt) and 1 beingness imprisonment for offence nether Section 396(Dacoity with murder).
Similarly, Rakesh and Ashok were sentenced to acquisition 5 and 4 beingness imprisonments for antithetic offences, which included dacoity with execution and amerciable possession of arms. They were besides fined. The 4th accused, Jaildar Singh, was acquitted of the charges.
