JUDGMENT

M.S.RAMESH, J.

As per the charge sheet filed by the prosecution, on 02.11.2013 at about 05.00 P.M., both the accused, along with two other children in conflict with law, had conspired and with an intention of killing one Lakshmanan, in view of the previous enmity with him, the first accused had assaulted Lakshmanan on the back neck and in order to conceal the evidence, had tied the body in a TVS 50 Moped and dumped it in a well and accordingly, all the accused had committed the offences under Sections 120-B, 302 r/w. 34 and 201 IPC.

2. In order to substantiate their case, the prosecution had examined

14 witnesses, P.W.1 to P.W.14 and marked 19 exhibits, Ex.P1 to Ex.P19, apart from 13 material objects, M.O.1 to M.O.13.

3.1. P.W.1, namely Nallammal, who is the wife of the deceased, had testified that she and her husband were residing in a hut inside M/s.Sterling Company and were eking their livelihood by chopping and selling wood from the Company lands and that on the day of Diwali, her husband had gone to fetch water in a water can and also to borrow some money from P.W.3, namely Muthuramalingam, for the festival expenses and thereafter did not return back. She further speaks a