JUDGMENT

The Court convened through Video Conferencing.

S. Abdul Nazeer, J.

This criminal appeal filed under Section 19 of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (in short 'the TADA Act') is directed against the judgment and order dated 04.12.2009 passed by the Presiding Judge, Designated Court No.2, Chennai, in Calendar Case No. 1/2007, whereby the Designated Court has convicted the appellant and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 2 years under Section 120-B IPC and 5 years each under Section 120-B IPC read with Section 3(3) and 4(1) of the TADA Act and under Section 120-B IPC read with Section 5 of Explosive Substances Act, 1908 and all the sentences imposed were ordered to be run concurrently.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is that during June 1988, the absconding accused, Ilango @ Kumaran @ Ravi @ Santhosh and Suku @ Sukumaran @ Kumar, had formed an organization at Trichy under the name 'Tamilar Pasarai', with the object of achieving separate Statehood for Tamil Nadu and to blast Central and State Government buildings with bombs with a view to overawe the Government established by law. The appellant herein and 13 other accused have e