(1.) Appellant with two others, namely, A2, Vellingiri, and A3, Officer @ Paramasivam, were prosecuted for commission of the offence of murder of one Somasundaram.
(2.) Accused No.2 allegedly was having a gold ring in his finger which was seized and marked before the learned Trial Judge as M.O.3.
(3.) Accused No.3 was arrested near a municipal guest house at Erode on 7th July, 1996. Two Criminal cases were instituted against the appellants; one for commission of murder of Somasundaram; and the other for murder of his parents and grand-mother.