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ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN
Agniraj – Appellant
Versus
State through Deputy Superintendent of Police CB-CID – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ABHAY S. OKA, J.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
1. These appeals have been filed against the judgment dated 21st March 2019, of the High Court of Madras at Madurai. The impugned judgment upheld the conviction of the Accused Nos. 1 to 11 for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 307 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘the IPC’), and Section 3(1) of the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. The Accused Nos. 1 and 9 to 11 have also been convicted under Section 147 of the IPC, while Accused Nos. 2 to 8 have been convicted under Section 148 of the IPC. The appellants were sentenced to suffer life imprisonment.
2. A First Information Report (for short, ‘the FIR’) was registered on 14th November 2012 under Sections 147, 148, 307, 302, and 120B of the IPC and Section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act against thirty accused persons on a complaint made by PW-1.
3. The prosecution's case is that the family members of Accused No. 1 had occupied the post of President of the Panchayat Board for approximately four decades. In the 2011 elections, the wife of PW-1 won the elections. The brother of PW-1 (Deceased No. 1)
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