CHINNASAMY Vs. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The Reference in R.T.No.3 of 2017 is made by the Court of Principal District and Sessions Judge, Tiruppur under Section 366 of the Code of Criminal Procedure [in short "CrPC"] seeking confirmation of capital punishment imposed upon A1- Chinnasamy, A4-Jagatheesan, A5-Manikandan, A6-Selvakumar, A7-Kalaithamilvaanan and A8-Mathan @ Michael, vide judgment dated 12.12.2017 made in Spl.S.C.No.19/2016 [PRC.No.7/2016 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate No.I, Udumalpet in respect of Crime No.194 of 2016 on the file of Udumalpet Police Station]. The Trial Court acquitted A2-Annalakshmi, A3-Pandithurai and A10-Prasanna @ Prasannakumar of the charges framed against them and challenging the impugned judgment of acquittal, the State has preferred Crl.A.No.183 of 2018. Aggrieved by the conviction and sentence awarded by the Trial Court, A1 has filed Crl.A.No.162 of 2018, A4 to A8 have filed Crl.A.No.163 of 2018, A9 has filed Crl.A.No.164 of 2018 and A11 has filed Crl.A.No.165 of 2018.

(2.) The Trial Court, vide impugned judgment dated 12.12.2017 had charged, tried and convicted, A1, A4 to A8,A9 and A11 as follows:

(3.) Facts leading to this Referred Trial as well as the Criminal Appeals filed by A1, A4 to A8, A9 and A11 relevant for the disposal of these cases, briefly narrated, are as follows. This Court, for the sake of convenience and for better understanding, is adopting the array of accused as per the impugned judgment of the Trial Court.