evening at about 4.00 P.M. the victim along with his friends Sathyaraj (PW-8), Saravanan (PW-7), Sathyamurthy (A-1) and Ramesh (PW-6) were chatting together near the river side. Ramesh picked up a quarrel with Sathyamurthy on the issue of the former's brother, Suresh having eloped with a married lady one Sangeetha wife of Mohan, a couple of months ago. The wordy duel turned into fisticuffs when the victim Venkatesan intervened only to be rebuked by the accused Sathyamurthy which ended in a physical fight between the accused and the victim. The fight continued later in the evening when the accused and his father Krishnan (A-2) confronted Ramesh and the victim at Ramesh's residence at about 5.00 P.M. The wordy duel ended in blood bath when the appellant stabbed the victim with a knife while A-2 was holding him. The accused fled the scene leaving the bleeding victim to fend for himself. The victim had narrated the ghastly crime to his mother, Kuppammal, (PW-1) who rushed to the spot on hearing his cries. Thereafter, the victim was rushed to the Government Hospital in an auto and was declared 'brought dead' on arrival at the Hospital. A Police complaint was given by the mother (PW-1) of the victim in the Gudiyatham Taluk Police Station.
