ORDER: The petitioners herein are accused Nos.1 and 2. The petitioners herein along with certain other persons stand charged for the alleged commission of offence under Secs.147, 148, 302, 120B, 201 and 212, I.P.C.

2. The case of the prosecution briefly stated is as under:

The petitioners herein are popularly known as Vandayar Brothers in Chidambaram Taluk. They belong to affluent family and wide great influence, in and around Chidambaram. There was enmity between the deceased Palanivel and the petitioners herein, in that Palanivel competed with the petitioners in obtaining lease of liquor shop and also obtaining licence to collect fees for parking vehicles in public place like nus stand etc. Palanivel was the successful bidder. Because of Palanivel, the petitioners herein were put to huge monitary loss. The petitioners wanted to do away with Palanivel, and therefore, they hired persons from various southern districts. On the fateful day, the persons set up by the petitioners herein came in a Mahendra van and attacked Palanivel with lethal weapons in broad-day-light in a public place known as ‘Shajahan complex’, as a result of which Palanivel died. The assailants escaped in the Mahen

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