IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 06.11.2025 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. SATHISH KUMAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M. JOTHIRAMAN Crl.A.No.485 of 2019 Murugan ... Appellant Vs.

State represented by The Inspector of Police, Kottur Police Station, Pollachi (Tk.)

Coimbatore District. ... Respondent Prayer : Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(iii) Cr.P.C., against the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Coimbatore, in S.C.No.205 of 2017, dated

19.02.2019.

For Appellant : Mr.R.Amburosh For Respondent : Mr.A.Damodaran Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by Ms.M.Arifa Thasneem

J U D G M E N T

(Judgment was delivered by N. SATHISH KUMAR, J.

This Criminal Appeal has been filed against the judgment passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Coimbatore, in S.C.No.205 of 2017, dated 19.02.2019, convicting the appellant of the offence under Section 302 IPC and sentencing him to life imprisonment and fine of Rs.1,000/-, in default, to undergo three months simple imprisonment.

2.The case of the prosecution is as follows :

The deceased is the husband of P.W.1. Since P.W.1's parents were n