JUDGMENT :

G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.

This appeal has been preferred as against the Judgment passed in S.C.No.110 of 2022 dated 11.06.2025, on the file of the I Additional District Court (PCR), Tiruchirappalli.

2.The case of the prosecution is that A.1 and A.2 are brothers and A.3 is a friend of A.1 and A.2. A.1 fell in love with the younger sister of the deceased and married her without the consent of her family. After the marriage, they were living separately. Due to this, there was continuous enmity and no cordial relationship between A.1 and deceased's family.

3.While being so, on 25.04.2021, at about 11.15 a.m., when the deceased and his family members were returning to their house after taking bath, some by two wheeler and others by walking, near a goat shed, the accused wrongfully restrained the deceased and scolded him in filthy language. They picked up a quarrel with him and A1 went to his house and brought a knife and stabbed the deceased on his left thigh, thereby severing a major artery, causing a fatal injury and heavy bleeding. The other two accused also attacked the deceased with a wooden log on his head. Immediately, the deceased was taken to the Government Hospital, Lalgudi