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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, R.POORNIMA
Pitchai – Appellant
Versus
State represented by, The Inspector of Police, Kulithalai Police Station – Respondent
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| 1. prosecution established the sequence of events leading to the incident. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. arguments challenging the credibility of eyewitness evidence. (Para 7 , 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 3. court found significant doubts about the prosecution's evidence. (Para 8 , 12 , 14 , 15 , 16) |
| 4. appeal resulting in acquittal based on insufficient evidence. (Para 18 , 19) |
JUDGMENT :
This appeal has been preferred as against the Judgment passed in S.C.No.75 of 2019 dated 20.04.2022 on the file of the Sessions Court, Kaur.
3.Therefore, A.1 along with other accused persons, intended to do away with the life of the deceased. All the accused conspired together on 06.01.2019 and went to the house of the deceased and informed him that the issue would be settled through negotiation, and invited him to come to the rice godown near Ayyarmalai. Thereafter, A.1, A.4 and A.5 went there to the said place with weapons in a two wheeler owned by A.4. A.3 along with A.2 went to the place of occurrence in another two wheeler. During the negotiation, the deceased demanded money from the accused, which led to a quarrel. Thereupon, A.2 caught hold of the deceased and A.1 attacked him with an aruval on h
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