RAM MANDAL; UTTAM MANDAL; UJJAL MANDAL Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) She, Miss.B.Umamaheswari, an young Software Engineer, at her early twenties, earning a fabulous annual income, working in a leading software company, having lot of hopes of achievements in her life, would have had no reason to anticipate, when she left the software company at 10.30 p.m. to her house, that her cruel end was fast approaching and that she would be thrown like a dust, after being ravished of her modesty, in a bush, as a lifeless body and that the police would be insensitive for sometime ever after report of her mysterious disappearance. Yes. she was in the news in the print and electronic media for quite some time. After her mangled decomposed body was found after ten days, there were lot of hue and cry for women protection. At last, three culprits were booked by the police alleging that they raped her, killed her and robbed her. They stand convicted. They are before us pleading innocence.

(2.) The Appellant in Crl.A.No.169 of 2015 is the Accused No.1; the Appellant in Crl.A.No.488 of 2015 is the Accused No.2 and the Appellant in Crl.A.No.386 of 2016 is the Accused No.3 in S.C.No.192 of 2014 on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram District. The trial court framed as many as six charges against A1 to A3 as detailed below:- <FRM>JUDGEMENT_274_LAWS(MAD)8_2016.html</FRM>

(3.) 3.0. The case of the prosecution in brief is as follows:- Miss.B.Umamaheswari, aged 23 years, an under graduate in Computer Engineering, was employed as a Software Engineer in Tata Consultancy Services, [in short "TCS"], SIPCOT IT Park, Siruseri, Chennai, Kancheepuram District. She was residing at Medavakkam. Her native place was Jothi Nagar, Attur Taluk in Salem District. P.W.1 is her father. All her family members were residing in their native village. On account of her employment, the deceased was staying in a rented house at Medavakkam along with her co-employees by name Ms.Sujitha.S.V. [P.W.2], Ms.Maheswari and Ms.Abhinaya. All of them used to go to the company for work according to the shift allotment.