ORDER

This Criminal Revision Case is directed, against the order dated

15.04.2025, passed by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Dindigul, in S.C. No. 83 of 2023.

2.The revision-petitioner is arrayed as Accused No.7 in the said Sessions Case.

Prosecution Case :

3.The de-facto complainant, Kannan, lodged a complaint stating that his son, the deceased Udaya Kumar (24 years), was murdered by Accused Nos. 1 to 6 and certain other persons whose identities were then unknown. The incident is said to be retaliatory. Earlier, on 06-08-2022 at about 11.15 a.m., the deceased Udaya Kumar had allegedly murdered one Thangaraja, leading to registration of Crime No. 263 of 2022 for offences under Sections 341 , 294-B and 302 IPC against him. Upon hearing of Thangaraja’s death, his relatives/the accused pursued Uday Kumar as he fled along the Lingavadi–Madathukulam Road. They caught him near the Lingavadi Cooperative Society, tied his hands, and assaulted him with iron rods, sticks, and coconut battens on the head, neck, and chest. When the de-facto complainant and his relatives reached the spot, Uday Kumar had already suffered multiple injuries. He was taken in a “108” ambulance to the