A. G. Perarivalan vs State, through Superintendent of Police CBI/SIT/MMDA, Chennai

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2022 Supreme(SC) 473

L. NAGESWARA RAO, B. R. GAVAI, A. S. BOPANNA
A. G. Perarivalan – Appellant
Versus
State, through Superintendent of Police CBI/SIT/MMDA, Chennai – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellants : Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Ms. Shivani Vij, Ms. R. Priya, Mr. Raghunatha Sethupathy B.
For the Respondents: Mr. Tushar Mehta, Mr. K.M. Nataraj, Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, Ms. Rekha Panday, Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Mr. Sharath Nambiar, Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Mr. Sushal Tiwari, Ms. Indira Bhakar, Mr. T.A. Khan, Ms. Kirti Dua, Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, Mr. G. Ananda Selvam, Mr. Thirumurugan, Mr. S. Muthu Krishnan, Mr. K. Mayil Samy, Mr. P. Soma Sundaram, Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Mr. V. Krishnamurthy, Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Mr. Eklavya Dwivedi, Ms. Mary Mitzy, Ms. Devyani Gupta, Ms. Tanvi Anand, Ms. Nupur Sharma, Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mahara, Dr. Joseph Aristotle S.

JUDGMENT :

L. NAGESWARA RAO, J.

Leave granted.

1. Appellant is accused No. 18 in Crime No. 329 of 1991 registered at Sriperumbudur Police Station for assassination of Shri Rajeev Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, on 21.05.1991. The Appellant was convicted for offences under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) the Arms Act, 1951, the Explosive Substances Act, 1908, the Passport Act, 1967, the Foreigners Act, 1946, the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 and the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (for short ‘TADA’). He was sentenced to death by the designated TADA Court. This Court, by a judgment dated 11.05.1999, upheld the conviction and sentence imposed on the Appellant. However, the conviction and sentence under the TADA were set aside. The review petition filed by the Appellant was dismissed by an order dated 08.10.1999. The Appellant, along with three others, filed mercy petitions before the Governor of Tamil Nadu under Article 161 of the Constitution of India, which were rejected on 27.10.1999. The mercy petition of the Appellant was reconsidered by the Governor, pursuant to an order passed by the High Court of Tamil Nadu and was rejected

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2022 Supreme(SC) 473

L. NAGESWARA RAO, B. R. GAVAI, A. S. BOPANNAA. G. Perarivalan – AppellantVersusState, through Superintendent of Police CBI/SIT/MMDA, Chennai – Respondent

Cases Referred (8)

L. NAGESWARA RAO, B. R. GAVAI, A. S. BOPANNA
A. G. Perarivalan – Appellant
Versus
State, through Superintendent of Police CBI/SIT/MMDA, Chennai – Respondent