REPORTABL

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1053 OF 2009

Alamelu & Anr. .. Appellants

VERSUS

State represented by Inspector of Police ..Respondent

WITH

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1063 OF 2009

Sekar & Anr.

.. Appellants

VERSUS

State represented by Inspector of Police ..Respondent

WITH

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1062 OF 2009

Rangasamy & Anr. .. Appellants

VERSUS

State represented by Inspector of Police ..Respondent

J U D G M E N T

SURINDER SINGH NIJJAR, J.

1.

These three appeals are directed against the common

judgment of the High Court of Judicature at Madras

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dated 6^th February, 2008 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 406

and 414 of 2000 confirming the common judgment

passed in S.C. No. 255 of 1997 by the learned Assistant

Sessions Judge, Namakkal dated 28^th April, 2000

whereby the trial court had convicted and sentenced the

appellants as under:-

The appellants in Criminal Appeal No. 1053 of 2009 had

been convicted under Sections 366 and 376 read with