IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 26.10.2021 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH and THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE S.SRIMATHY Criminal Appeal No.779 of 2015 Billa @ C.Periyasamy S/o.Venkatesan .. Appellant Vs.

State represented by Inspector of Police, Ulundurpet Police Station, Villupuram District.

Crime No.612 of 2010 .. Respondent Criminal Appeal filed u/s.374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the judgment and order dated 30.11.2015 passed in S.C.No.251 of 2012 on the file of III Additional Sessions Court, Villupuram at Kallakurichi.

For Appellant : Mr.S.Saravana Kumar For Respondent : Mr.M.Babu Muthu Meeran Additional Public Prosecutor *****

JUDGMENT

[Judgment of the Court was delivered by S.SRIMATHY, J This criminal appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction and sentence dated 30.11.2015 passed by the III Additional Sessions Court, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, in S.C.No.251 of 2012.

2. The prosecution story runs thus:

2.1. Sankar (deceased), who, at the time of the incident, was 47 years of age and was living with his wife Iyayiram [PW-1] and his father Ramasamy [PW-3] in Kurumbur village in Kallakurichi. Ramar [A1] and Billa [A2] were also fr