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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, R.POORNIMA, JJ
Ayyappan – Appellant
Versus
The State – Respondent
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| 1. initial case facts and events leading to the conviction. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. arguments challenging the prosecution's evidence and procedural integrity. (Para 16 , 19) |
| 3. court observations on the reliability of evidence and timing of reports. (Para 21 , 22 , 28 , 29 , 30) |
| 4. the determination to set aside the conviction due to lack of proof. (Para 31) |
| 5. the acquittal of all charges against the appellants. (Para 32) |
COMMON JUDGMENT
(Common Judgment of the Court was made by the Hon'ble
R.POORNIMA, J.
These Criminal Appeals are filed against the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the I Additional District and Sessions Judge (PCR), Thanjavur, in S.S.C. No. 68 of 2018, dated 26.07.2022, seeking to set aside the conviction and consequently to acquit the appellants.
2. A1 to A5 were charged for offences punishable under Section 148 IPC read with Section 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, for having formed an unlawful assembly with the common object of committing the murder of the deceased, allegedly on account of his illicit intimacy with A2. They were also charged under Section 302 IPC for the murder of the decease.
3. The de-facto complainant,
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