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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Honourable Mr Justice M.S. RAMESH, N.Senthilkumar
Puttappa – Appellant
Versus
State Represented by Inspector of Police – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. murder of the deceased by a1 and a2 (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. discussion on trial court's findings and appeal process. (Para 10 , 17) |
| 3. contradictions in witness testimonies (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16) |
| 4. circumstantial evidence requirements (Para 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25) |
| 5. court's rationale for setting aside the judgment. (Para 26 , 27) |
| 6. inadequate evidence for conviction (Para 30 , 31) |
| 7. appeal allowed; trial court judgment set aside (Para 32 , 33) |
J U D G M E N T
(Judgment of the Court was delivered by N.Senthilkumar, J.)
Challenging the judgment passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hosur, Krishnagiri in S.C.No.232 of 2016, dated 11.06.2019, the present appeal has been filed by the accused 1 & 2 respectively. A1 is the first appellant herein and A2 is the second appellant herein.
2.The brief facts of the prosecution case is that A1 and A2 jointly had committed murder of the deceased Sathish Kumar, who was aged about 8 years. A1 is a neighbour of A2 and A2 is the daughter-in-law of the defacto complainant. The defacto complainant's son Sankar had married A2. A1 and A2 had developed an illicit relationship while the defacto complaina
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