Mr. P.N. PRAKASH, J.

1. The death sentence awarded to Manoharan, the sole accused in S.C. No. 44/2011 by the learned Sessions Judge (Mahila Court) Coimbatore, on 01.11.2012 is now before us for confirmation under Section 366 Cr.P.C. Manoharan has also filed Crl. A. No. 854/2012 challenging the very conviction.

2. Why has he been condemned to the hangman’s noose? For allegedly satiating his lust and sniffing out the life of two children.

3. ‘X’, a ten year old girl and her brother ‘Y’, a seven year old boy were the children of Ranjith Kumar Jain (P.W.5) and Sangeetha (P.W.8). These children were studying in 5th and 2nd standard respectively in ‘Suguna Rips School’ in Coimbatore. It is their routine to leave for School around 7.45 in the morning and stand near a Vinayakar Temple, about 200 ft away from their house. They will be picked up by a vehicle of ‘SUGUNA CABS’ owned by one Karthikeyan (P.W.2). As usual, on 29.10.2010, the two children, with their school bags and lunch boxes, left their home around 7.45 in the morning and went to the usual place for the vehicle to pick them up. When Karthikeyan (P.W.2) came to the place around 8 o’clock in the morning, he did not find the chi