IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 18.04.2024 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE R. HEMALATHA Crl.R.C.No.835 of 2020 Velankanni @ Pushparaj ... Petitioner Vs.

State represented by The Sub-Inspector of Police, Bagayam Police Station, Vellore. ... Respondent (Crime No.298/2016)

Prayer : Criminal Revision filed under Section 397 & 401 of Criminal Procedure Code to set aside the judgment and orders dated 20.09.2019 passed in Crl.A.No.36/2019 by the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Vellore modifying the judgment and orders dated 28.03.2019 passed in C.C.No.85/2015 by the learned Judicial Magistrate No.I, Vellore.

For Petitioner : Mr.M.R.Thangavel For Respondent : Ms.A.Shahana Fathima, GA (Crl. side)

ORDER

Challenging the conviction and sentence passed by the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Vellore in Crl.A.No.36/2019 modifying the conviction and sentence passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate No.I, Vellore, in C.C.No.85/2015, the present criminal revision case is filed.

2. The case of the prosecution as could be discerned from the oral and documentary evidence is as follows :

2.1. On 29.09.2014, the father of the defacto complainant Elumalai (since deceased) was walking on