JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, against the conviction of the appellant and sentence in S.C. No.9 of 2017 dated 04.01.2019, on the file of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Vellore, and set aside the conviction and sentence imposed in judgment dated 04.01.2019 and acquit the appellant.)

Sunder Mohan, J.

1. This Criminal Appeal has been filed by the Accused, challenging the conviction and sentence imposed upon him vide judgment dated 04.01.2019 in S.C.No.9 of 2017 on the file of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Vellore.

2. For the sake of convenience, the accused is hereinafter referred to as 'appellant/accused'.

3(i) It is the case of the prosecution that the appellant/accused along with other juvenile accused entered into criminal conspiracy to cause the death of the deceased (Saravanan) in this case and commit robbery; that pursuant to the said conspiracy, on the information given by one of the juvenile accused 'Vijay' and with the help of the other juvenile a