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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
M.S. Ramesh, N. Senthilkumar, JJ
Vellingiri – Appellant
Versus
State – Respondent
JUDGMENT
M.S.RAMESH, J.
The judgment of the Trial Court dated 14.08.2019 passed in S.C.No.55 of 2019 by the I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Coimbatore, holding the sole accused/appellant guilty of having committed the offence under Section 302 of IPC and sentencing him to life imprisonment together with fine of Rs.1,000/- in default of which, to undergo 3 months simple imprisonment, is under challenge in the present Criminal Appeal.
2. The brief case of the prosecution is that the deceased had married one Kavitha, who is the daughter of the accused. Owing to a matrimonial dispute, on 20.12.2017, the wife of the deceased had left her matrimonial house and went to the house of her father/accused. According to the prosecution, when the deceased had gone to the accused's house to bring back his wife, he was scolded and assaulted by the accused, his wife and sister-in-law. Thereafter, the parents of the deceased had consoled and advised him to wait for 2 days to bring back his wife. In this background, on 24.12.2017 at 05.45 A.M., when the father of the deceased namely Aiyavoo, together with the deceased, Karuppasamy and Aiyyasamy were on the way to attend nature's call, the accu
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