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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
R.HEMALATHA
Veerappan – Appellant
Versus
State represented by The Inspector of Police – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. judgment date and appeal origins (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. overview of the case facts (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. court's analysis of evidence and contradictions (Para 5 , 7 , 8) |
| 4. appellants' claims of prosecutorial inconsistencies (Para 6) |
| 5. final decision and acquittal of appellants (Para 9 , 10) |
JUDGMENT :
R. HEMALATHA, J.
1. Challenging the Judgment and orders passed in S.C.No.25/2003, dated 09.12.2016 on the file of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Namakkal, the present Criminal Appeal is filed by the appellants / Accused.
2. Initially the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Namakkal convicted both the appellants for the offences punishable under Sections 148 and 307 I.P.C., vide his Judgment dated 29.09.2003 in S.C.No.25/2003, as against which, the accused filed a Criminal Appeal in Crl.A.No.1641 of 2003 before this Court. A learned Single Judge of this Court (Hon'ble Mr.Justice A.Selvam, as he then was) remitted the case back to the trial Court to conduct a 'de novo' trial vide his Judgment dated 07.09.2015.
3. Accordingly, the trial was conducted after framing a charge only for an offence punishable under Section 307 I.P.C., against the appellants and they w
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The reliability of prosecution witnesses' evidence and the consideration of minor contradictions in the evidence as immaterial in accepting the case of the prosecution.
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