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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 47595

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
N.Anand Venkatesh, K.K.Ramakrishnan, JJ
Balamurugan – Appellant
Versus
Selvam – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: C.Murugavel
For the Respondents: C.Jaganathan, E.Antony Sahaya Prabahar

Table of Content
1. overview of the background and procedural history of the criminal appeal. (Para 1 , 2)
2. arguments regarding the reliability of witnesses and the trial court's appreciation of evidence. (Para 3 , 4)
3. court's analysis of the limited scope of appeal against acquittal. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11)

JUDGMENT

(Judgment of the Court was made by K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN,J.)

The appellant/defacto-complainant in S.C.No.13 of 2017 on the file of the learned Additional District and Sessions Court, Theni @ Periyakulam has filed this appeal challenging the judgement of acquittal in the impugned judgment dated 14.12.2021.

PRAYER : Criminal Appeal is filed under Section 374(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, to call for the records and to set aside the impugned judgement of acquittal passed by the learned Additional District cum Sessions Judge, Theni @ Periyakulam dated 14.12.2021 in S.C.No.13 of 2017 and to convict the 1st respondent for offence under Section 302 of IPC.

2. The brief facts of the case:

2.1. The appellant is the son of the deceased, namely Ponnuthayee. There existed a long-standing dispute between the appellant’s family and the accused’s family regarding issue of Muth

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