A. Packiaraj, J.: This is an unfortunate case in which two women met with the death due to Cyanide Poison. The first of the deceased Saroja was a resident in a portion of the house of the other deceased Egambal at Arantangi Pudukottai Road. They were done to death by administration of Cyanide by the accused/appellant Ramasamy at 12.00 noon on 2.9.1995, when he stuffed the said Cyanide powder inside a laddu and gave it to Saroja, claiming it to be Tirupathi Prasadham. Thereafter, the appellant Ramasamy at about 2.30 p.m, put the Cynaide powder in a capsule and gave it to the second deceased, namely Egambal, claiming it to be a medicine and thereby caused the death of the two said women. The charges were framed accordingly and the accused appellant pleaded not guilty and hence the trial.

2. The prosecution case in brief may be stated as follows:

Deceased No.1 Saroja was aged about 60 years and was living with her husband Vaithialingam Asari in a portion of the house at Pudukottai Arantangi High Road, behind VSR Petrol Bunk. The owner of the said house was one Egambal who is aged about 43 and a spinster, living in the other portion of the said house along with P.W.3 her nephew, a studen

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