a nude girl lying on the ground. He also saw P.W.3 tied up to a tree with a saree in the same place. The accused sensing that P.W.4 had seen them, thought that they may be in trouble and two of them went in search of P.W.4. P.W.4, who had reached the main road, was in a position to inform few others who came to the same spot in a group, but could not find anyone. In the meanwhile, P.W.1 and P.W.3 were forced to move out to another place nearby where the victim (P.W.1) was again gang raped repeatedly by all the four. However, P.W.4 joined by more villagers, who started searching for the victim reached the white car parked on the main road. The victim(P.W.1) and her lover (P.W.3) returned to the car after sometime and narrated their ordeal. Both P.W.1 and P.W.3 were found in a bad shape with visible injuries on their body. P.W.1 and P.W.3 went to a Government Primary Health Centre and P.W.1 got first aid as an out patient by a staff nurse Poonkodi (P.W.13) at 8.30 p.m. The said Out patient slip (Ex.P.13) was issued by the staff nurse. P.W.1, gave a statement to Devigarani (P.W.25), the Inspector of Police, Royakottai Police Station, on 18.07.2014. On the same night, an F.I.R. in Crime No.370 of 2014 was registered at 10. p.m. by Devigarani ((P.W.25), the Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Krishnagiri, for the offences under Sections 341, 342, 366, 354(c), 376(D),506(ii) r/w 397 IPC, Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act and 67(A) of Information Technology Act, 2000 against 3 named persons, namely, Mani, Raju, Prakash and one unnamed person. The FIR reached the Judicial Magistrate Court at 11.30 p.m. on the same day. Thereafter P.W.25 sent P.W.1 to the Government Hospital, Krishnagiri for treatment.
