Advocates:
['M/S P PUGALENTHI', '', 'P K ILAVARASAN', 'M KANNAN', 'PUBLIC PROSECUTOR']

THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

Dated : 20..02..2017

Coram:

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU

AND

THE HON'BLE DR.JUSTICE ANITA SUMANTH

Criminal Appeal No.46 of 2017

Manikandan

...Appellant/Accused

-Versus-

State Rep. by its

Inspector of Police,

Kaveripattinam Police Station,

Krishnagiri District.

[Crime No.658 of 2015]

... Respondent/complainant

Appeal filed under Section 374(2) of Cr.P.C. challenging the

judgement of conviction and sentence dated 24.10.2016 passed by

the learned Sessions Judge, Fast Track (Mahila) Court,

Krishnagiri, Krishnagiri District in S.C.No.130 of 2015.

For Appellant

: Mr.P.Pugalenthi

For Respondent : Mr.P.Govindarajan, APP

JUDGEMENT

(Judgement of the Court was delivered

by DR.ANITA SUMANTH, J.)

This Criminal Appeal is filed challenging the judgement of

the Sessions Judge, Fast Track Mahila Court, Krishnagiri, in

S.C.No.130 of 2015 dated 24.10.2016, convicting the sole accused

of murder under Section 302 of IPC and sentencing him to undergo

rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-

in default to suffer simple imprisonment for six months.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is as follows: The

accused was