2.On 18.01.2012 at about 19:15 hours, P.W.10, the SubInspector of Police, Valivalam Police Station, was on duty. Upon receipt of information, he proceeded to Thiruvarur, TMCH, recorded the statement of the in-patient Rengaiyan son of Srinivasan. The said Rengaiyan stated that on 17.01.2012 at about 11.00 a.m., after purchasing Betel Nut from Subramaniyan Maligai (in tamil) Shop, he was walking north to south, a two wheeler bearing Registration No.TN-50-H-6860 was driven at a high-speed and a negligent manner, hitting him in the backside and he fell down, due to which, he got injured on the left eyebrow and he felt severe pain in his waist. Immediately, he was taken by 108 Ambulance to the Hospital. He came to know that it was the accused/Manikandan, who rode the said Motorbike. On the said statement, P.W.10, registered a case in Crime No.12 of 2012, for the offences under Sections 279 and 337 of Indian Penal Code. The said deceased, Rengaiyan was thereafter shifted from Thiruvarur, to Thanjavur Hospital. After undergoing protracted treatment, he succumbed to the injuries on 12.02.2012. Thereafter, the case was altered into one Sections 279 and 304(A) of the Indian Penal Code and was taken up for investigation by the Inspector of Police, P.W.13 one Raj Mohan. He completed the Investigation and filed a final report before the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagapattinam, proposing the petitioner/accused guilty of the offenses, which was taken on file as C.C.No.55 of 2013.
