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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
P.VELMURUGAN, M.JOTHIRAMAN
Murugesan – Appellant
Versus
State represented by The Inspector of Police – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. conviction and sentence's overview. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. defense arguments highlighting prosecution weaknesses. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. analysis and consideration of arguments. (Para 5 , 6) |
| 4. examination of key evidence and witnesses. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 5. the prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt. (Para 16) |
| 6. final ruling confirming conviction. (Para 17) |
JUDGMENT :
This criminal appeal has been filed by the appellant / sole accused challenging the judgment of conviction and sentence dated 09.08.2017 made in S.C.No.130 of 2015 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, (Mahalir Needhi Mandram) Mahila Court, Coimbatore in and by which the appellant was convicted under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to undergo Life Imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-, in default to undergo 3 months rigorous imprisonment.
2.1. The accused is the younger brother of PW1. PW1 is the mother of the deceased Revathy. The marriage between the deceased and the accused was performed in the year 2007 and after marriage, they were residing in Pollachi, along with their son, aged about 4 years. The deceased used to inform PW1 over phone that the accused is not giving m
The court upheld the conviction for murder based on circumstantial evidence and testimonies indicating continuous domestic abuse, reaffirming that even without direct witnesses, enough evidence exist....
In order to sustain conviction must be complete and incapable of explanation of any other hypothesis than that of the guilt of the accused and such evidence should not only be consistent with the gui....
The prosecution must establish circumstantial evidence linking the accused to a crime beyond reasonable doubt; suspicion alone is insufficient for conviction.
The judgment underscores that a conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence must establish an unbroken chain of events leading to guilt, with comprehensive corroboration against multiple hypot....
Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain pointing to guilt, and extrajudicial confessions require corroboration to be credible.
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