J U D G M E N T

C.KUMARAPPAN, J.

The instant Criminal Appeal has been filed by the sole accused against the judgment of conviction passed against him, by III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Coimbatore in S.C.No.176 of 2016 vide order dated 27.07.2018 for the offence under Section 302 of IPC.

2. The gist of the prosecution case is that the accused Vigneshkumar and the deceased Prabakaran are neighbours. The deceased Prabakaran serendipitously came to know about the relationship between the accused and one Divya [PW15] out side of marriage . Taking advantage of the same, the deceased started blackmailing Divya and the accused. Enraged by such conduct, the accused nurtured enmity against him and decided to do away him. In furtherance of the same, and with stratagem, he took the deceased to a secluded place and done him to death. The prosecution attempted to prove the case on two folds, qua based on the ocular evidence, and through the circumstantial evidence.

3. According to the prosecution, Saravanakumar [PW1] is the son of the deceased, and Ramesh [PW4] is the co-brother of PW1. It appears that on the fateful day on 25.09.2015 at about 3.00.p.m, PW1 just went to his co- brother